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10 Qualcomm legal leaders
These ten current and former Qualcomm legal leaders have held vice president and senior director legal counsel roles at Qualcomm. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at Qualcomm from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Álvaro Ramos
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Legal and Chief Antitrust Compliance Officer · Qualcomm
Vice President, Legal and Chief Antitrust Compliance Officer at Qualcomm since November 2019; the profile headline also cites European Legal Affairs. Other Qualcomm roles shown are Senior Legal Director - Head of Global Antitrust (2017–2019) and Senior Legal Counsel - Head Global Antitrust (2016–2017); another role shown is Director Legal at Cisco (2011–2015).
Brett Bachtell
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Legal Counsel - Data & Crisis Management · Qualcomm
Vice President & Legal Counsel - Data & Crisis Management at Qualcomm since April 2022; the profile headline describes a focus on privacy, cybersecurity, product security and AI data governance. Other Qualcomm roles shown are Vice President & Legal Counsel - Litigation (2021–2022), Senior Director, Legal Counsel (2019–2021) and Senior Legal Counsel (2016–2019).
Chris Longman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Vice President, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm since November 2017. Another Qualcomm role shown is Senior Director, Legal Counsel (2012–2017), based in San Diego; other roles shown are Attorney at Covington & Burling LLP (2008–2012) and Attorney at Heller Ehrman (2004–2008).
Danielle Olivotto
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Senior Director, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm since December 2019, based in San Diego. Other Qualcomm roles shown are Senior Legal Counsel (2016–2019) and Legal Counsel - Trademarks and Copyrights (2013–2016); another role shown is Intellectual Property Associate at Jones Day (2008–2013).
david greenfield
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director- Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Senior Director- Legal Counsel at Qualcomm since July 2013, working as an in-house litigator on patent, antitrust and competition, regulatory, SEP, FRAND, licensing, IP, contract and class action matters according to the profile. Other roles shown are Patent Attorney at Sidley Austin LLP (2011–2013) and Attorney at Mayer Brown (2008–2011).
Erinn DePorre
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Vice President and Legal Counsel at Qualcomm since June 2023, leading the Legal Auto, Data & Employment team and advising the Auto & Cloud Computing Business Unit according to the profile. Other roles shown are Assistant General Counsel, Product Litigation & Autonomous Vehicles (2019–2023) and Lead Counsel roles (2017–2019) at General Motors.
Fabian D. Gonell
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Vice President, Licensing Strategy & Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Former Sr. Vice President, Licensing Strategy & Legal Counsel at Qualcomm (2017–2024). Another Qualcomm role shown is Sr. Legal Counsel (2007–2017); another role shown is Associate Attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (1998–2007). The profile says Fabian Gonell is retired from corporate life and not actively seeking opportunities.
James Calkins
LinkedInExperience: Former Sr. Director, Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Former Sr. Director, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm (2016–2024), working on IP rights enforcement in the Qualcomm Technology Licensing group according to the profile. Other roles shown are Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Head of North America Contracting (2015–2016) and patent leadership roles (2009–2015) at Sanofi.
Jon Russo
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Vice President & Legal Counsel at Qualcomm since November 2024. Other Qualcomm roles shown are Senior Director, Legal Counsel (2019–2024), Legal Counsel, Senior (2016–2019) and Legal Counsel (2015–2016); another role shown is Associate Attorney at Cooley LLP (2010–2015), and the profile places the current role at vice president level in legal.
Paul Choo
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Legal Counsel · Qualcomm
Former Senior Director, Legal Counsel at Qualcomm (2019–2025). Other Qualcomm roles shown are Senior Legal Counsel (2015–2019), Legal Counsel (2013–2015) and Sr. Associate Attorney (2011–2013); now Associate Vice President, Associate General Counsel - Product and Commercial at Astera Labs since June 2025.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a technology licensing company manage antitrust compliance across many jurisdictions?
- 02How do in-house lawyers at a chip company handle standard-essential patent and licensing disputes?
- 03How does a semiconductor legal team support automotive and data businesses as products change?
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