The men join Qualcomm's board as the company works to capitalize on a broader set of industries, such as automotive, the internet of things, networking and mobile compute, said Qualcomm's press announcement. The board also has been through a period of upheaval this year, with board seats targeted by Broadcom at Qualcomm's March meeting as part of its attempted hostile takeover of the company that was ultimately quashed by the Trump administration; meanwhile, Paul E. Jacobs was ousted as executive chairman of the board (he now has a new start-up company ), then his board seat eliminated due to his announced intention to attempt to take the company private. The overall number of seats on the board went from 11 to 10.