23 Facts About Cristiano Amon

Cristiano Amon is the chief executive officer and president of Qualcomm, a semiconductor research and development company.

Cristiano Amon began his career working on wireless technology for early cell phone networks.

Cristiano Amon oversaw Qualcomm's 4G and 5G technology, used in most Android devices.

Cristiano Amon played a role in Qualcomm's diversification beyond the cell phone industry and negotiated for more processors from suppliers during shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cristiano Amon is a member of the President's Export Council.

Cristiano Amon grew up in Campinas, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Son Cristiano chose to study electrical engineering at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas as well.

Cristiano Amon earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at that university in 1992.

Cristiano Amon started his career working for telecommunications companies during the early development of cell phone networks.

In 1996, Cristiano Amon was hired by Qualcomm to help the company expand in Latin America.

Cristiano Amon worked for Ericsson for a short while, then joined VeloCom, an investment firm focused on the telecommunications industry.

Cristiano Amon worked for the Brazilian telecom company as its chief technology officer and chief operating officer until it was profitable.

Cristiano Amon received several promotions over the years, working as SVP of product management, EVP of Qualcomm Technologies, and President of Qualcomm's CDMA division.

Cristiano Amon was an important figure in the development of Qualcomm's 4G technology and the growth of Qualcomm's Snapdragon semiconductors.

Cristiano Amon expanded Qualcomm's sales with smartphone manufacturers in China.

Cristiano Amon oversaw Qualcomm's expansion outside of cell phones into semiconductors used in cars, computers, 5G infrastructure, robots, industrial applications, virtual reality devices, and other electronic devices.

Cristiano Amon was responsible for improvements in Qualcomm's radio processors that are partially responsible for Qualcomm's market-share in 5G devices.

Cristiano Amon was appointed President of Qualcomm in 2018 by then-CEO Mollenkopf.

Cristiano Amon led a $1.4 billion acquisition of a company founded by former Apple executives called Nuvia and re-focused it on CPUs for consumer products, instead of data centers.

Cristiano Amon's predecessors were Irwin M Jacobs, Paul E Jacobs and Steven Mollenkopf.

Shortly after Cristiano Amon was appointed to the CEO position, the COVID-19 pandemic caused supply shortages for the processors used in Qualcomm's chips.

Cristiano Amon secured a competitive advantage for Qualcomm by successfully negotiating for more processors than competitors were able to get from suppliers.

Cristiano Amon indicated his goals to expand in the fields around augmented reality, virtual reality and automotive technology.