Former Senior Executive at Qualcomm

The expert is a former Head of Mobile Computing & Connected Products at Qualcomm. He led multi-node foundry procurement - negotiating 7 nm-and-below contracts that secured company-wide supply and pricing. He managed strategic relationships with TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and SMIC and set Qualcomm’s foundry sourcing strategy. Previously, he ran IBM’s foundry business prior to its sale to GlobalFoundries, giving him perspective from both the supply and fabless demand sides.