Pankaj Kukkal

Pankaj Kukkal is currently the VP of engineering at Qualcomm. Pankaj has also previously worked at Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc., and Intel Corp. Kukkal has been in the engineering field for over 20 years and has experience in strategy and planning, innovative engineering, and business. Pankaj has a strong background in product quality and risk reduction and has helped Intel enter the phone market. Kukkal is a leader in their field and has mentored many other engineers throughout their career.

Pankaj Kukkal has a B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, an MS in Computer Engineering from University of South Carolina, and has completed the Leading for Extraordinary Results program at University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Pankaj is currently enrolled in the Leadership Program at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management.

They work with John Smee - VP, Engineering, Manish Tripathi - VP, Engineering, and Xiaodong Zhu - VP, Engineering. Pankaj Kukkal reports to Gerard Williams III, SVP, Engineering.