Cristiano Amon is President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm Incorporated, and also serves on the Company’s board of directors.

Amon began his Qualcomm career as an engineer, and during his tenure, helped shape the strategic direction for the company in several leadership roles. Prior to becoming CEO, he served as President, steering development of a leading and differentiated product roadmap; spearheading Qualcomm’s 5G strategy – as well as its acceleration and global roll out; and driving the expansion and diversification of the business to serve multiple industries, including automotive, computing, virtual reality, augmented reality, networking, and industrial. Additionally, he has overseen the successful execution of mergers & acquisitions to augment Qualcomm’s capabilities in areas such as advanced driver assistance, spatial computing, advanced CPU, and RF Front End. He also led Qualcomm’s semiconductor business as President of QCT and held several technical and business leadership positions, which included having overall responsibility for Snapdragon® platforms.

Prior to Qualcomm, Amon served as Chief Technical Officer for Vésper, a wireless operator in Brazil, and held leadership positions at NEC, Ericsson and Velocom.

Amon holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate from UNICAMP – Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. He is a member of the President’s Export Council, vice chair of the US-China Business Council, and serves on the board of directors for Adobe and Father Joe’s Villages.

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