Margaret L. “Peggy” Johnson

Peggy Johnson serves as executive vice president and president of global market development. Johnson is responsible for commercializing new business opportunities that reside outside of existing Qualcomm business units. Johnson also serves as a member of Qualcomm’s executive committee.
Johnson previously served as executive vice president of the Americas and India. Johnson played an instrumental role in the global development and adoption of 3G wireless broadband technology and services in those regions. Johnson began her career at Qualcomm in 1989 as a software engineer within Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions (QWBS). She held several positions within QWBS, including director of business development, where she was responsible for adding network management centers for the OmniTRACS system in Malaysia, Korea, Japan and Mexico. She also served as vice president of technology, where she led the customer software group. She joined Qualcomm Consumer Products (QCP) in 1997 as vice president of business development and was appointed vice president of sales shortly thereafter. Johnson was named senior vice president of sales for QCP in April 2000 and took on the additional
responsibilities of marketing for Kyocera Wireless in a transitional role after the sale of QCP to Kyocera.Johnson then went on to serve as president of Qualcomm Internet Services (QIS) and MediaFLO Technologies. Johnson was integral in establishing the foundation for QIS and leading the development of next-generation wireless technology. Under Johnson’s leadership, QIS was successful at developing the BREW® solution, a family of offerings that includes uiOne, deliveryOne, QPoint and BREW Signature Solutions as well as the QChat® push-to-talk solution.
Prior to joining Qualcomm, Johnson worked as an engineer for General Electric’s Military Electronics Division. She holds a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.