We are back with Episode 3 of our Women in Hardware interview series presented by Adafruit and Hackster. We’re at Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego to talk with Tia Cassett, Senior Director of Product Management at Qualcomm Technologies and Mary Jungman, Director of Manufacturing and Procurement at Adafruit Industries about supply chain management, embedded computing and more.
https://www.hackster.io/womeninhardware
Tia Cassett is senior director, product management for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., where she manages a selection of the company’s mobile products to new categories of products. As head of the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ for embedded computing business, Tia oversees the product enablement and readiness required for success in embedded applications. To support the vast and fragmented ecosystem, she and her team launched the first commercial, publicly available Snapdragon-based development board, DragonBoard™, which has resulted in vibrant, growing community. She also launched the first availability of Snapdragon processors for embedded computing through distribution, making Snapdragon platforms more accessible than ever to broad vertical opportunities.
Tia has more than 26 years of experience in the wireless industry, 20 years of that at Qualcomm. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Tia spent her early career at LCC Incorporated, an RF engineering company which pioneered tools, services and training for global wireless network deployments. She continued her experience from LCC to Qualcomm starting the commercial tools business, which is still active today; and as the business, product lead for Snapdragon Sensor Core, a low power, always-on integrated subsystem, which continues to be a key differentiator of the mobile platform.
Tia currently holds 23 patents and has a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Tia Cassett
Senior Director of Product Management – Qualcomm
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tia-cassett-a9840b
Mary Jungman
Director of Manufacturing and Procurement – Adafruit
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryjungman
Previous videos:
Women In Hardware – Episode Two w/ @autodesk ’s Heather Kerrick
https://youtu.be/9Zu_44FHSdw
Women in Hardware – @autodesk ’s Pier 9 Walkthrough w/ Heather Kerrick
https://youtu.be/WyQRZiYM7io
Women In Hardware – Episode One w/ littleBits CEO Ayah Bdeir
https://youtu.be/Idv8r_f8x_k
Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjF7R1fz_OOVr_eGtK1I2Q1I75Pv8F8bG
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects and communicates. The Company connected the mobile phone to the Internet and pioneered the transitions to 3G and 4G. Today, Qualcomm’s inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries. Qualcomm is leading the world to 5G, and envisions that this next big change in cellular technology will spur a new era of intelligent, connected devices and enable new opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care services, and the IoT. Qualcomm strongly supports STEM initiatives that inspire the next wave of inventors with programs like the Qualcomm Thinkabit Lab (https://www.thinkabitlab.com/) and FIRST (https://www.firstinspires.org/). Additionally the Company enables the makers’ community by bringing Qualcomm technologies to products like the DragonBoard 410c development board.
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