USD Board of Trustees Member Kim Koro ʼ86 (JD) Named 2024 Top 100 Women in Technology by Technology Magazine

University of San Diego (USD) Board of Trustees and Law School Board of Visitors member Kim Koro ʼ86 (JD), has been named to the 2024 Top 100 Women in Technology by Technology Magazine.

“This definitive list of 100 women champions the influential leaders and pioneers in technology who are elevating and driving momentum for the movement as well as those who are leading the charge when it comes to investment, innovation, capitalizing on strategic opportunities, and supporting other underrepresented groups. Paving the way for future generations, these women are creating space at the table for new faces, growth, and innovations.”

Having invested 35 years of her career to Qualcomm, Inc., Koro is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV), which is dedicated to working with federal, state, and local government agencies to apply advances in commercial wireless technology that enable significant gains and excellence in mission performance.

In her role, she is responsible for Qualcomm’s government business in support of National and Homeland Security. Koro’s leadership focuses on driving innovation in public and private partnerships to help bring the U.S. Government in sync with the pace of commercial technology and maximize its ability to leverage the wireless ecosystem. Within the wireless space, Koro and QGOV are working closely with the U.S. Government in the areas of advanced connectivity, cybersecurity, and newer technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge computing.  

Koro is a member of USD’s Board of Trustees and USD School of Law’s Board of Visitors. In 2020, she received the USD School of Law’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Koro and her husband, Mark, established the Kim and Markus P. Koro Legacy Endowed Scholarship, awarded to a law student with a demonstrated financial need, recognized merit, and outstanding moral character and the Shoemaker, Mulvey and Koro Endowed Scholarship to support students with broadly defined learning differences. 

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— USD News Center