--- title: "Qualcomm Appoints Kevin O'Buckley as Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain" url: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/02/qualcomm-appoints-kevin-o-buckley-as-executive-vice-president--g" canonicalUrl: "https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/02/qualcomm-appoints-kevin-o-buckley-as-executive-vice-president--g" publishedDate: "Feb 26, 2026" newsroomType: "Press Note" location: "SAN DIEGO" tags: ["Company"] --- # Qualcomm Appoints Kevin O'Buckley as Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain Press Note Feb 26, 2026 · SAN DIEGO ![Qualcomm-image](https://s7d1.scene7.com/is/image/dmqualcommprod/KOB_2024_profileFINALpage?$QC_Responsive$&fmt=png-alpha&wid=814) Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the appointment of Kevin O'Buckley to the position of executive vice president of Global Operations and Supply Chain. In this role, O'Buckley will lead Qualcomm's global semiconductor operations across manufacturing engineering, foundry and supplier partnerships, supply chain, and procurement. His appointment is effective March 2, 2026 and he will report directly to Akash Palkhiwala, executive vice president, CFO and COO of Qualcomm Incorporated. "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," said Palkhiwala. "His leadership will further strengthen our global operations as we continue to deliver industry-leading products with high-performance, low-power computing, AI and connectivity at scale." O'Buckley joins Qualcomm from Intel, where he most recently 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. ## About Qualcomm Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world tackle some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we deliver a broad portfolio of solutions built with our leading-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. 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