Paul Torres is director of product management in the application processor group for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. His current responsibilities include overseeing Qualcomm Technologies’ multimedia technologies including video, audio, voice and gestures. Torres joined the Company in September 2006 as a video product manager and has since increased his responsibilities to include multimedia product management.  In his current role, Torres oversees multimedia strategy and technology planning for the application processor team, including the multi-codec video core capabilities in the Qualcomm Snapdragon family of processors.  Prior to joining Qualcomm, Torres served as a director of product planning at Gateway Computers in San Diego, California. Torres has a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from University of California Santa Barbara and a master’s of business administration from San Diego State University.MODERATOR:
Naresh Soni
CTO, InterDigital
Mr. Naresh H. Soni has been the Chief Technology Officer of InterDigital, Inc., since December 2009, and serves as its Chair of Technical Advisory Council. Mr. Soni served as Vice President of Strategic Engineering at InterDigital, Inc. from July 21, 2009 to December 2009. Mr. Soni oversees technology strategy and roadmap, manage university and industry relationships, and provide guidance on merger and acquisition opportunities as well as new research and development initiatives. He served as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of R&D of Streamezzo S.A. He has more than two decades of high technology experience. Mr. Soni founded Exemplar Technologies. He served as the Chief Technology Officer for Streamezzo. Mr. Soni’s previous experience includes research and innovation-focused positions at STMicroelectronics AT&T Bell Labs, and IBM, as well as the position of Vice President of Computing Architecture Research Lab at Nokia. He has served on the board of University of California San Diego (UCSD) Center for Wireless Communications and is currently on the advisory board of the UCSD school of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Mr. Soni holds several patents, has authored technical papers and has given keynotes at conferences in the areas of communications and computing. Mr. Soni earned his Master of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin, and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.