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Vice President, Security Engineering; Head of Product Security

Qualcomm Incorporated is a multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company that develops and delivers semiconductors, softwares, and services related to wireless technology.

Security Engineering executive with 20+ years of experience in software, systems, and hardware security. *** Current Role *** VP of Engineering responsible for Product Security at Qualcomm ($25B revenue, 30,000 employees). *** Key Capabilities *** * Product security strategy and execution. * Strong pairing of business acumen and technical subject matter expertise. * Building and maintaining support from cross-functional stakeholders. * Technical innovation. * Team leadership and talent development. * Recruiting and retaining top security talent. *** Technical Skills *** My academic foundation is in software engineering, computer security, and applied cryptography. I hold a BS (1998) and MS (2001) in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego. Over the decades in the industry I have considerably expanded my expertise into most domains of computer security. My work has spanned the full technology stack, from silicon-level hardware security up through web application and protocol security. The range of application domains has been similarly broad, including mobile, automotive, IoT, healthcare, payments, content protection (DRM), biometrics, and malware protection. I am an active inventor with over 30 granted patents in various domains of security, such as authentication, payments, identity management, and anti-exploitation countermeasures.