Joe Barrett

President at GSA

Joe Barrett is President of the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), the leading industry association representing mobile suppliers worldwide.

Prior to GSA, Joe worked at both Nokia and Qualcomm representing each company on the GSA Executive Board and helped drive the mobile technology agenda to position GSA as the trusted global supplier’s voice in the industry.

Joe started his mobile career in 1985 and has worked in roles including product marketing, marketing & communications, business strategy and business planning. He was part of the 3G strategic business team at Nokia, and helped Flarion establish OFDMA as the technology for 4G and now 5G. At Qualcomm Joe was part of the Halo high power wireless charging technology for electric vehicles.

Joe holds an MSc. in Marketing from the University of Glamorgan and the CIM Advanced Diploma in Marketing.