Milan Plavsich

Milan is Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm, where he leads the Computer Software Engineering team, which develops software and ecosystems for Windows on Snapdragon PCs. Snapdragon processors are Qualcomm designed SoC (system on a chip) semiconductor devices that power mobile phones, XR headsets, IOT devices, automotive digital chassis and many other popular consumer products. Milan is currently leading the effort of bringing Snapdragon processors to the PC market, where they are being used by the world’s top laptop manufacturers.

During his 20 year career at Qualcomm, Milan has led software development and commercialization of multiple generations of globally popular consumer devices such as the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy. Milan led software development of the first 5G Snapdragon processor (Snapdragon 865) and most recently the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor used in Samsung Galaxy S23 and many other flagship smartphones.

Milan started his career in AI, developing neural network-based vehicle and airplane classifiers used by the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) and FAA (Federal Aviation Association). Prior to joining Qualcomm, Milan worked at several startups, developing one of the worlds first smartphones at NeoPoint, as well as IOT modules at Wavecom.

Milan holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.