Bio

Karthic Veera has over 10 years of experience in Multimedia systems, Digital signal processors and the Mobile/IoT ecosystem. He holds an M.B.A. from the Marshall School of Business at USC and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the School of Engineering at USC. Karthic is currently focused on expanding Qualcomm's IoT footprint in consumer products. As the head of the IoT Home Entertainment business, he manages the Smart Display and Set Top Box product portfolio. He has lead key product launches from customers like Facebook, Lenovo, Freebox, Google, Alibaba and Tencent to name a few. Prior to this role Karthic held multiple cross functional leadership positions in Multimedia Software. A member of the Business school's academic honor society and a keen innovator with multiple patents on different engineering technologies, Karthic's key strengths include, Product roadmap, Product definition, Strategy, Innovation, Project planning & management, establishing structure/processes, team building, Cross functional team leadership, executive communication and finding alignment between teams.