Qualcomm, Our Presenting Sponsor Championing FIRST Relic Recovery


The company behind why you love your smartphone plans to livestream the FIRST Tech Challenge kickoff on FIRST’s Twitch channel!

Happy Kickoff FIRSTTech Challenge teams, Garrett Ponder here from Qualcomm. We are so excited to return as the SeasonPresenting Sponsor of FIRST TechChallenge Relic Recovery, and we think you are going to love this season’s game. As you know, Qualcomm has been supporting FIRST for the past 11 years and we are thrilled to have Qualcomm Snapdragon processors at the heart of the FIRSTTech Challenge control system for the 3rd year in a row. You are all an inspiration to us and we are extremely proud of what you accomplish each season.


This year we are going to try something new. We will be hosting the San Diego kickoff event at our headquarters in San Diego, and guess what? It will be livestreamedon the FIRST Twitch channel so you can join us. We’ll have a couple familiar faces sharing their inspiration with our FIRST Tech Challenge community and we’ll be doing an in-depth walk through of the game field and elements so make sure to tune in.  

We also have another surprise planned for the FIRST Instagram on September 9th! I won’t tell you all the details… I’ll just say it will include a behind-the-scenes look at the San Diego kickoff and Qualcomm headquarters.

Best of luck this season to all of our FIRST Tech Challenge teams and we look forward to seeing you at an event. Give us a shout out on social media and let us know what you think about #FIRSTRelicRecovery!

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Livestream links:
Arizona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7sAdvR6hOw
Hudson Valley, NY: https://www.twitch.tv/events/94102
Medford, OR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIBdO_yLcNoCLW0vc_DJb9A/live 
New Mexico: https://m.youtube.com/?reload=2&rdm=2ryll822#/watch?params=EAEYAdoBAggB&v=amiQMf3qyUs&mode=NORMAL
San Diego, CA: https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires 




Garrett Ponder is a senior manager in Qualcomm’s Corporate Marketing department, where he is responsible for strategic partnerships and sponsorships. Garrett has worked in the mobile industry for nearly 13 years since starting as an intern with Qualcomm. He has been with the company full-time since 2006 and has served in a variety of roles including Investor Relations, Industry Analyst Relations, Public Relations/US Media Relations, and now Corporate Marketing. Follow him on Twitter @G_Ponder



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