Management Team

Al Heshmati
VP of Software Engineering

Al Heshmati joins SiRF from Qualcomm where he most recently was Senior Director of Engineering for GPS. In this role, Mr. Heshmati led the development of multiple generations of GPS and hybrid technologies used in Qualcomm chipsets. Mr. Heshmati arrived at Qualcomm via its acquisition of SnapTrack, which pioneered assisted GPS, in 2000. Prior to joining SnapTrack, Mr. Heshmati was at Trimble Navigation for ten years where he held various engineering roles. Mr. Heshmati holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from California State University, Fullerton.