EVP and Chief Technology Officer Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Dr. Baaziz Achour serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In this role he is responsible for global research and development activities associated with all technologies in QCT, Qualcomm’s semiconductor business, as well as overseeing the execution of enterprise-wide technical and product roadmaps across all business areas.
Dr. Achour first joined Qualcomm as a Systems Engineer in 1993. Over the course of his tenure with Qualcomm, he has held several leadership roles within the engineering organization and has helped drive the expansion of Qualcomm’s leadership in critical technology areas as the company has diversified. Dr. Achour has been essential in contributing to nearly every generation of technology and was a key part of the leadership team that enabled the accelerated launch of 5G.
Dr. Achour holds a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Algiers, and master’s and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University. He has twenty-four granted U.S. patents in the area of communications.
