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Jeff Lorbeck, senior vice president of program management at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT) is responsible for Qualcomm’s turnkey product delivery. Prior to this position, Lorbeck served as senior vice president of engineering at QCT, with responsibility for wireless connectivity groups such as Bluetooth, wireless local area network (WLAN), FM, and broadcast.
Lorbeck joined Qualcomm in 1994 as a senior engineer on the Globalstar systems team and advanced to vice president of engineering, where he led the development of Globalstar user terminals – portable phones, fixed phones, car kits, satellite data modems, and provisioning software. In 2000 Lorbeck became vice president of business development for Globalstar, heading its consumer, data, aviation, and infrastructure product lines.
After returning from a Beijing, China assignment for Qualcomm in the spring of 2003, Lorbeck moved into the position of vice president and general manager for Qualcomm Technology and Ventures (QT&V), managing both the technology R&D and venture capital functions of QT&V.
Lorbeck built the MediaFLO business unit and served as its general manager. This business unit, created out of the MediaFLO project within QT&V, was later separated to create MediaFLO Technologies (MFT) and MediaFLO U.S.A. Inc. (now FLO TV). Lorbeck also served as senior vice president of engineering in MFT, where he led development of the end-to-end MediaFLO system, including the high-speed, forward-link-only (FLO) air interface and MediaFLO client-server solutions.
Prior to joining Qualcomm, Lorbeck served as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Lorbeck holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, a master’s degree in electrical engineering, and a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Here in sunny San Diego, it’s easy to lose perspective on the global smartphone adoption rate. Everywhere I look, I see mobile devices being used as nothing short of a sixth sense. From one-off activities like friends checking the weather or a Padres score, or a local store owner running a small business from the palm of their hand, smartphone activity is enveloping our daily lives.
