Helen Pappas is a vice president and regional sales leader at GFT with over 20 years of experience driving strategy, client development, and delivery across complex infrastructure and mission-critical markets. She brings an enterprise-level perspective to project development, integrating engineering, digital delivery, environmental considerations, and program management to support successful outcomes from site selection through delivery. As a trusted advisor, Helen helps clients navigate regulatory complexity, sustainability goals, and mission-critical performance requirements while aligning internal teams to deliver efficiently and strategically.

Her primary focus areas include data center and mission-critical infrastructure, where she leads growth strategy, client engagement, and pursuit development. She aligns cross-disciplinary teams to support site selection, program planning, and execution for large-scale developments, with an emphasis on speed-to-market, scalability, and coordinated delivery.

Pappas’ industry experience includes leading client strategy and multidisciplinary teams across complex infrastructure programs, ensuring alignment between client objectives, market opportunities, and project outcomes. Previously, she held senior leadership and technical roles supporting major public and private sector initiatives, building deep expertise in project development, stakeholder coordination, and the delivery of large, complex programs.