Head, Mobile Computing Connected Products
San Diego, Ca, Us
•Executive driving products and services of mobile and connected solutions into a wide range of enterprise, commercial and consumer systems•Drove incremental, profitable revenue diversification for Qualcomm (outside of core/smart phone business) by leveraging core assets and selective new investments; Led strategic analysis to identify key areas of IoT focus, including Mobile Computing, Smart Home/City and Medical/Wearables•Drove a broad QC-based hardware/software ecosystem; Influencing software partners (ISV and Major O/S partners) to develop optimized solutions for mobile productivity, security and connectivity; Working with leading Cellular/MVNO operators on rollout of flexible and affordable data connectivity options for mobile computing and IoT/M2M•Achieved business results by leading the mobile computing business unit, which includes driving product definition, execution and launches in the mobile computing market. Led the development & expansion of the Gobi marketing brand into Qualcomm’s overall modem brand; Primary spokesperson on embedded mobile broadband and mobile computing to analyst and press•Transformation products and services-Launched Qualcomm’s Windows on Snapdragon product family with initial OEM partners (Asus, HP, and Lenovo) and Microsoft, featuring always-on, always connected Gigabit connectivity-Led industry’s first worldwide capable mobile broadband products (Gobi & Snapdragon LTE Module/Product Family) from R & D concept phase through production; Drove profitability in year 3 through aggressive industry adaption • Highlight Markets/Customers Enterprise: F100 Companies (w/HP, Dell, Lenovo, Panasonic Toughbook) Industrial: Honeywell/Intermec Smart Energy: GE/Itron Medical: Medtronics Asset Tracking: FedEx, UPS, OmniTracs Industrial/CPE: Cisco