Rahul Patel

Group General Manager, Connectivity, Broadband & Networking (CBN) at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Rahul Patel serves as Group General Manager of the Connectivity, Broadband & Networking Business Unit for Qualcomm Technologies Inc. In this role, Patel is responsible for P&L, product roadmap and execution, customer partnerships, growth and acquisitions strategy across Wireless Infrastructure and Networking (WIN), Wireless Broadband & Communications (WBC), Mobile Connectivity (MC), and Consumer-IoT & Compute Wireless (CCW) business lines that will support infrastructure and billions of devices connected at the edge.

Prior to joining Qualcomm Technologies, Rahul served as the senior vice president and general manager for Wireless Connectivity in the Broadband and Connectivity Group at Broadcom where he managed the P&L, product roadmap, R&D engineering, marketing, business development and engineering organizations to expand Broadcom’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS leadership across all market segments. During his 13-year career with Broadcom, Rahul had a strong track record of developing successful product lines, driving P&L growth, and developing global organization. Prior to Broadcom, Rahul worked in various engineering and business leadership roles at HIFN, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Tritech Microelectronics, and EPSON/S-MOS Systems.

Rahul is a veteran of the semiconductor and telecommunications industry with more than 25 years of experience in engineering, product, business development, and general management.

Rahul holds an M.B.A from Santa Clara University, a M.S in Computer Science and Engineering from Arizona State University, and a B. Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from National Institute of Technology in Warangal, India.