Steve Sprigg is senior vice president of engineering for Qualcomm Labs, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. In this role, Sprigg oversees technology creation and development in emerging markets and product areas. He is heavily involved in efforts spanning several market segments including proximity and the “Internet of Things”.
Since joining Qualcomm more than 15 years ago, Sprigg has served in a number of software and engineering leadership positions. He was a lead engineer on one of the industry’s first smartphone platforms, co-inventor of the first broadly successful mobile application marketplace, and creator and lead engineer responsible for the creation of the Brew operating system. Sprigg has more than 20 years of experience in mobile devices, embedded software, operating systems, networking, driver development and internet application suites. He also holds numerous patents.
Sprigg earned a bachelor's degree from The University of Notre Dame in 1987.
