Mr. Gilmore joined QUALCOMM as the ninth employee in October, 1985. His experience includes Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering where he was responsible for the OmniTRACS production system, early testing of the CDMA cellular system, Project Engineer of the Globalstar ground segment including gateways, phones and system engineering, and served as Senior Vice President of Engineering for the Consumer Products Division.
From 2000-2008 Rob worked as a founder and employee of Mobilian Corporation, Via Technology and Nextwave Inc. He worked at Linkabit Corporation from 1978 until 1984 and was a founder and employee of ComStream Corporation from 1984–1985.
Mr. Gilmore began his career as a co-op student at Bell Laboratories, where he worked both in digital radio and in satellite research. He earned his BSEE and MSEE degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.