# Mike Roberts

> Mike Roberts is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Marvell Technology, where he leads global marketing for one of the companies quietly wiring up the AI era. He started his career as an electrical engineer squeezing CDMA radios into Motorola's StarTAC, spent more than a decade there, then over a decade at Qualcomm running global product, partner and technology marketing. In early 2025 he joined Marvell to translate custom silicon, optical interconnects and memory controllers into a story hyperscalers and enterprises can actually follow.

- **Role:** Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Marvell Technology
- **Organizations:** Marvell Technology, Qualcomm, Motorola Mobility, Classroom of the Future Foundation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, MBA, Marketing, DePaul University (Driehaus College of Business)
- **Known for:** As a young Motorola engineer, fit a CDMA radio into the StarTAC form factor - then the smallest phone in the industry., Led Android product adoption and rollout across multiple global markets at Motorola., Built and led Qualcomm's global product, partner and technology marketing organization spanning gaming, embedded computing, IoT and smart cities.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Begins career as an electrical engineer at Motorola, launching CDMA mobile phones including the StarTAC, then the industry's smallest phone.
- **2000s** — Rises through Motorola / Motorola Mobility over roughly 15 years into senior roles across product strategy, engineering, marketing and business development; leads Android product adoption across global markets as Senior Director of Product Strategy and Operations.
- **2001-2003** — Earns an MBA in Marketing from DePaul University's Driehaus College of Business.
- **2010s** — Joins Qualcomm; eventually leads global product marketing including the developer marketing program spanning gaming, embedded computing and IoT, plus smart cities and industrial IoT market development.
- **2016** — Joins the board of the Classroom of the Future Foundation in San Diego to support technology-based learning.
- **2020s** — Serves as Vice President and Head of Global Product, Partner and Technology Marketing at Qualcomm, leading a worldwide organization across multiple business units.
- **2025** — Leaves Qualcomm and joins Marvell Technology as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to Chairman and CEO Matt Murphy.

## Achievements

- As a young Motorola engineer, fit a CDMA radio into the StarTAC form factor - then the smallest phone in the industry.
- Led Android product adoption and rollout across multiple global markets at Motorola.
- Built and led Qualcomm's global product, partner and technology marketing organization spanning gaming, embedded computing, IoT and smart cities.
- Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Marvell Technology, an infrastructure semiconductor company with roughly $8B in annual revenue.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Joined Marvell Technology as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer after departing Qualcomm.

## Links

- Website: https://www.marvell.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelroberts07

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Last updated: 2026-08-14