Executive Officers
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Paul E. Jacobs was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in March 2009. He has served as a director since June 2005 and our Chief Executive Officer since July 2005. He served as Group President of the Qualcomm Wireless & Internet Group from July 2001 to June 2005. In addition, he served as an Executive Vice President from February 2000 to June 2005. Dr. Jacobs holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Derek K. Aberle has served as an Executive Vice President and as President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL) since September 2008. From October 2006 to September 2008, he served as a Senior Vice President and as General Manager of QTL. Mr. Aberle joined the Company in December 2000 and prior to October 2006 held positions ranging from Legal Counsel to Vice President and General Manager of QTL. He holds a B.A. degree in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a J.D. degree from the University of San Diego.
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Steven R. Altman has served as our President since July 2005. He served as an Executive Vice President from November 1997 to June 2005 and as President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing from September 1995 to April 2005. Mr. Altman currently serves on the board of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He received a B.S. degree from Northern Arizona University and a J.D. from the University of San Diego.
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Andrew Gilbert has served as President of Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and MediaFLO Technologies (MFT) since January 2008 and Qualcomm Europe since February 2006. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Gilbert served as vice president and general manager of Flarion Technologies' European, Middle Eastern and African regions (EMEA), responsible for EMEA strategy and operations.
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Margaret "Peggy" L. Johnson has served as executive vice president of the Americas and India since January 2008. She served as President of Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) from July 2001 to January 2008 and as President of Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies from December 2005 to January 2008. She served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of QIS from September 2000 to July 2001. Ms. Johnson holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.
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William E. Keitel has served as an Executive Vice President since December 2003 and as our Chief Financial Officer since February 2002. He previously served as a Senior Vice President and as our Corporate Controller from May 1999 to February 2002. Mr. Keitel received a M.B.A. from Arizona State University and a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin.
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Len J. Lauer has served as Chief Operating Officer since August 2008. He served as Executive Vice President and Group President from December 2006 to July 2008. He was Chief Operating Officer of Sprint Nextel from August 2005 to December 2006. Mr. Lauer was President and COO of Sprint Corporation from September 2003 until the Sprint-Nextel merger in August 2005. Prior to that, he was President-Sprint PCS from October 2002 until October 2004, and was President-Long Distance (formerly the Global Markets Group) from September 2000 until October 2002. Mr. Lauer also served in several executive positions at Bell Atlantic Corp. from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Lauer currently serves on the board of H&R Block. He holds a B.S. degree in Managerial Economics from the University of California, San Diego.
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James Lederer has served as executive vice president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Business Planning and Finance since May 2008. Lederer joined the company in 1997. He earned a bachelor of science in business administration and finance and a masters degree in business administration, both awarded by the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Steve Mollenkopf has served as executive vice president and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies since August 2008. He began his Qualcomm career in 1994 and served in various capacities within the QCT organization. Mollenkopf holds two electrical engineering degrees, including a BSEE from Virginia Tech and an MSEE from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
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Roberto Padovani has served as an Executive Vice President and as our Chief Technology Officer since January 2002. He previously served as Senior Vice President from July 1996 to July 2001 and as Executive Vice President from July 2001 to January 2002 of our Corporate Research and Development. Dr. Padovani received a Laureate degree from the University of Padova, Italy and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Donald J. Rosenberg has served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since October 2007. He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Apple from December 2006 to October 2007. From May 1975 to November 2006 Mr. Rosenberg held numerous positions at IBM, including Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the IBM Corporation. He earned his B.S. degree from the State of University of New York at Stony Brook and his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law.
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Daniel L. Sullivan has served as Executive Vice President of Human Resources since August 2001. He served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources from February 1996 to July 2001. Dr. Sullivan holds a Ph.D. in Organization Communication from the University of Nebraska. He also holds B.S and M.A. degrees in Communication from Illinois State University and West Virginia University, respectively.
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Jing Wang has served as executive vice president, Qualcomm Asia Pacific & Middle East and Africa since January 2008. Wang also serves as a director on the boards of both Qualcomm Wireless Communication Technologies (China) Ltd., and Qualcomm Wireless Semi-Conductor Technologies Ltd., two wholly foreign owned enterprises duly established in China. He received his bachelor's degree from Anhui University, LL.M from the People's University of China, Department of Law, and an LL.M from the University of Virginia School of Law.
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