Sanjay Jha is a leader in the semiconductor and telecommunications industry. He is the former CEO of Global Foundries Inc., a privately held company with headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. Global Foundries is the second largest semiconductor foundry business in the world. Sanjay was also the former chairman and chief executive officer of Motorola Mobility. Prior to that he was the Chief Operating Officer of Qualcomm and President of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. As COO, Jha was overlooking Corporate Research and Development and Qualcomm Flarion Technologies (QFT) in addition to his role as president of QCT, the chipset and software division of Qualcomm Incorporated.
Jha serves two prominent industry roles in addition to his leadership at Qualcomm. In June 2005, he was elected to the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association. He also serves as vice-chairman of the Fabless Semiconductor Association.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Liverpool and a PhD in Electronics Engineering from the University
of Strathclyde.