SAN DIEGO, March 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced the appointment of
Heather Ace as executive vice
president of human resources. She will join Qualcomm's executive
committee and report to Qualcomm CEO, Steven Mollenkopf. Michelle Sterling, executive vice president of
human resources who has worked at Qualcomm for 25 years, is
retiring.
Ace brings nearly 20 years of human resources experience to
Qualcomm, having served most recently as the chief human resources
officer at Dexcom, a San
Diego-based medical device company. At Dexcom, she was a
member of the executive leadership team and led all aspects of HR.
She also worked closely with the board of directors and
compensation committee, and played a key role in aligning the
executive leadership team on companywide strategic priorities and
operational planning and execution.
"We are pleased to welcome Heather to the team," said
Steve Mollenkopf, CEO, Qualcomm.
"Heather's experience aligning a company's strategic priorities
with its people and operations will be valuable as we continue
advancing through what we believe is the most significant growth
opportunity in Qualcomm's history."
Throughout her career, Ace has held a variety of leadership
positions overseeing HR, communications, mergers and acquisitions
and transformational change initiatives. Prior to Dexcom, Ace
served as the EVP of global HR at Orexigen Therapeutics, the
Business Integration Leader for Royal
Philips' HealthTech acquisition of Volcano Corporation, the
EVP of global HR at Volcano Corporation, and held various HR
executive roles at Life Technologies. Heather was also a partner at
Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich (now DLA Piper), where she
practiced litigation and employment law, specializing in mergers
and acquisitions. She holds a bachelor's degree in Law &
Society from the University of California,
Santa Barbara, and a JD from Santa Clara School of Law.
Mollenkopf continued, "On behalf of the Executive Committee, I
would like to thank Michelle for her decades of contributions and
leadership. She has been a valuable business partner and advisor to
me and many leaders across the company and was critical in
supporting our workplace and advancing our people practices for
more than 25 years of technology transformation."
Sterling joined Qualcomm in 1994 and throughout her tenure has
provided HR leadership, strategy and support to nearly all areas of
the company, including manufacturing, corporate functions and
business divisions, as well as new and emerging businesses.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is the world's leading
wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the
development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected
the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today,
our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are
found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring
the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the
internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a
world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact
seamlessly.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and
the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies,
Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with
its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering,
research and development functions, and substantially all
of our products and services businesses, including our QCT
semiconductor business.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Pete Lancia, Corporate
Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Mauricio Lopez-Hodoyan, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
http://www.qualcomm.com
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