Jeff Jacobs serves as president of global development for QUALCOMM Incorporated where he oversees the worldwide proliferation of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology through business development technology marketing program management and investments. He is also a member of QUALCOMM's executive committee.
Previously Jacobs served as senior vice president of business development responsible for QUALCOMM's acquisitions investments and new product introductions. He joined QUALCOMM in 1986 as a market analyst for the Company's OmniTRACS product line. He was promoted to product manager in 1988 and to director of customer application software in 1991. Jacobs founded QUALCOMM's Eudora Division in 1993 serving as vice president and general manager. Under his guidance Eudora e-mail software became the leading Internet e-mail software product for the Internet market.
Jacobs is a founding board member of the San Diego Telecom Council a board member of the San Diego Software and Internet Council a member of the UCSD CONNECT Leadership Council and a member of the UC Berkeley Haas Business School Board of Advisors. Jacobs also serves on the board of both the San Diego Sports Council and the Big Brothers and Big Sisters organization is a cabinet member of the SDSU Director's Cabinet and is on the Scripps International Advisory Board for the Scripps Foundation of Medicine and Science. Jacobs funded the Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professorship of Business and Technology at UC Berkeley.
Jacobs holds a bachelor of arts degree in international economics from the University of California Berkeley.
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