Julio Costa  was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  He is currently  Vice President of RF Technologies at GLOBALFOUNDRIES where he is responsible for RF Technology development,  managing teams in RFSOI, SiGe BiCMOS and RF GaN.   Previously he was a Senior Director at QORVO, where he led a pioneering team of researchers focusing on Silicon RFSOI and RF MEMS.  He is the author of over 60 issued patents in the area of device and process technologies in RF, and has numerous publications and presentations in international conferences.