Rodrigo Caruso AmaralAI partnerships at Qualcomm
Business development, Qualcomm

I take AI from the lab to the market.

Partnerships and go-to-market for on-device AI. Based in San Diego.Seven years at Qualcomm. Formerly global product marketing for Qualcomm AI Hub.

Rodrigo Caruso Amaral
7 yrsat Qualcomm, product marketing to BD
10+platform launches on global stages
50+partnerships with ISVs, cloud, and enterprise
1B+impressions across campaigns I led

Worked with teams at

Qualcomm IBM Palantir Mistral AI Meta Google AWS

Selected work

Launches and partnerships that took a platform from a technical capability to something partners could ship.

Launches and keynotes

Executive messaging, positioning, and demo narratives on global stages.

Product briefs

Platform positioning I helped shape, from flagship phones to data center accelerators.

Seven years at Qualcomm

From announcing AI features at Snapdragon Summit to closing the partnerships that take Snapdragon beyond the phone.

2025 to present

AI Business Development Manager, Strategic Accounts

Qualcomm, San Diego
  • Own business development across consumer applications and emerging platforms, finding new markets for Snapdragon beyond mobile.
  • Drive partnerships from first technical alignment through commercial terms, with engineering, product, and marketing.
  • Work with legal, finance, and operations on partner onboarding and engagement models that scale.
2024

Global Product Marketing Lead, Qualcomm AI Hub

Qualcomm, San Diego
  • Launched Qualcomm AI Hub at MWC Barcelona and drove every announcement that followed.
  • Led cross-functional teams across product, engineering, developer relations, finance, operations, and legal.
  • Owned partner go-to-market and roadmap work with third-party applications.
2019 to 2024

AI Product Marketing

Qualcomm, San Diego
  • Announced every AI feature for Snapdragon mobile platforms at Snapdragon Summit, each year.
  • Built executive keynotes and messaging with product, PR, legal, and brand.
  • Coordinated with Google, Baichuan, Snap, and Meta to showcase on-device AI.

Writing

Technical articles for Qualcomm and AWS, and essays on technology, sport, and culture.

The Thinking Athlete

Substack

    Published articles

    Off the clock

    Division I tennis

    Played NCAA Division I tennis at UC San Diego. Competition still shapes how I think about strategy.

    Travel

    Brazilian, based in San Diego, happiest learning from a place I have not been before.

    Photography

    An exercise in noticing. Most of what I know about framing a story I learned behind a lens.

    Side projects

    Experimental AI builds on nights and weekends, usually to test a hunch before I bring it to work.

    Let's talk.

    Open to conversations about strategic AI roles, partnerships, and the occasional essay idea. Email is fastest.

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