Jim Clifford is currently Senior Vice President and General Manager of Operations at Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT). In this role, Clifford is responsible for Procurement, Integrated Supply and Demand Planning, and Quality, as well as for managing the overall Operations functions of Receiving, Shipping and Warehousing for the QCT division.

Clifford has been at Qualcomm since 1994, when he joined the company as a director of business development and oversaw product development in the OmniTRACS division. In 1996 he moved to QCT as director ASICs and focused on sourcing chips during the period of explosive growth for CDMA technology. He was promoted to vide president of operations in 1997. Prior to his career at Qualcomm, Clifford had more than 20 years of experience at Unisys in positions ranging from IC design to vice president and general manager of mainframe computer manufacturing.

Clifford holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Physics from San Diego State University and is a graduate of the Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers program offered by the University of California, San Diego.