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My Career as a Math Major

My Career as a Math Major. Tony de Paolo VP, Technology QUALCOMM, Inc. October 26, 2000 tdepaolo@qualcomm.com. Education. Started at UCSD Revelle College as a Physics major Ended up in Warren College as an Applied Math major BA Applied Mathematics, 1982 Minor in Physics (Astrophysics)

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My Career as a Math Major

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  1. My Career as a Math Major Tony de Paolo VP, Technology QUALCOMM, Inc. October 26, 2000 tdepaolo@qualcomm.com

  2. Education • Started at UCSD Revelle College as a Physics major • Ended up in Warren College as an Applied Math major • BA Applied Mathematics, 1982 • Minor in Physics (Astrophysics) • Minor in Philosophy (Logic)

  3. Work at UCSD • Revelle Cafeteria (!) • OASIS tutoring center • Math department - Undergraduate TA for pre-calculus

  4. First Job • 1982: Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) in Point Loma as a DoD Scientist • Fourier analysis of dolphin “speech” • Digital voice messaging • Autonomous vehicle internal network • Fixed array SONAR systems • Command and Control networks • Tactical decision aide software

  5. Second Job • 1986: M/A-Com Linkabit as an Engineer • Digital signal processing for defense satellite modems, modulation and coding • Began MSEE degree at UCSD in 1988 • Leave of Absence from Linkabit in 1989-1990, finished MSEE at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY

  6. Third Job • 1990: QUALCOMM as a Senior Engineer • OmniTRACS satellite communication system • Digital Signal Processing • Satellite Range and Doppler Estimation • Overall system engineer - International deployments • Worked my way up to VP, Engineering • Managed a group of 200 engineers of all disciplines • Managed a $50M budget • Currently back in a pure technical role

  7. Upper Division Subjects Used in my Career • Fourier Analysis • Probability • Statistics • Real Analysis (Galois Field) • Orbital Mechanics

  8. Graduate Subjects Used in my Career • Stochastic Processes • Digital Communication • Information Theory

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