SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced that its Board of
Directors appointed Sylvia Acevedo,
former CEO Girl Scouts of the USA,
and Greg Johnson, EVP and General
Manager, Consumer Group of Intuit Inc, to the Board, effective
immediately. Ms. Acevedo will serve on the Governance
Committee and Mr. Johnson will serve on the HR and Compensation
Committee.
"We welcome Sylvia and Greg and look forward to bringing their
knowledge, experiences and broad perspectives to the Qualcomm Board
of Directors as we continue to lead the 5G transition and execute
on the large opportunities ahead of the Company," said Mark McLaughlin, Chair of the Board.
Ms. Acevedo served as Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts
of the USA from May 2017 to August
2020, and as interim Chief Executive Officer from
June 2016 to May 2017. She was
a board member from 2008 until 2016. Prior to her arrival at GSUSA,
Ms. Acevedo served as a member of the President's Advisory
Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, with a focus on
educational policy around dual-language in early childhood. Earlier
in her career, Ms. Acevedo held senior positions with IBM, Apple
and Dell .
A rocket scientist by training, Ms. Acevedo holds a B.S. in
Industrial Engineering from New Mexico State
University and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from
Stanford University.
Mr. Johnson has been Executive Vice President and General
Manager, Consumer Group of Intuit Inc., a global financial platform
company, since August 2018. He served as Senior Vice
President, Marketing, Consumer Tax Group of Intuit from
December 2012 to July 2018.
Prior to Intuit, Mr. Johnson held various marketing positions at
Advance Auto Parts, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., The Gillette Company,
Eastman Kodak Company, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Motorola, Inc.
and Kraft Foods, Inc. He also served in the United States Air Force.
Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. in Operations Research from the
United States Air Force Academy.
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
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