Kevin O'Buckley

EVP, Global Operations and Supply Chain

Kevin O’Buckley serves as Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Supply Chain at Qualcomm Incorporated, where he leads the company’s global semiconductor operations across manufacturing engineering, foundry and supplier partnerships, supply chain, and procurement. In this role, Kevin is responsible for strengthening Qualcomm’s global operations as the company continues to deliver industry-leading products with high-performance, low-power computing, AI, and connectivity at scale. Kevin brings deep operational expertise, proven commercial leadership, and decades of experience scaling complex semiconductor operations and delivering custom silicon products across data center and edge devices.

Prior to joining Qualcomm, Kevin served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel Foundry Services, leading a global foundry organization and driving execution across advanced packaging, process technology, and global supplier partnerships. With three decades of leadership experience across Intel, IBM, GlobalFoundries, and Marvell, O’Buckley brings deep technical expertise, operational leadership, and a strong commercial perspective, with a proven track record of leading transformation in complex engineering and supply chain environments.

Kevin holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Alfred University.

Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Our leading-edge AI, high performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity deliver proven solutions that transform major industries. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.

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