Qualcomm is globally distributed, and employees often don't know when or if training is taking place near them. With physical locations in 35 countries, not to mention 36 separate buildings in San Diego, Qualcomm Incorporated has a highly distributed workforce. The Learning Center at Qualcomm offers nearly a thousand instructor-led classes each year throughout these locations, and employees (especially new employees) aren’t always aware of the class offerings in their building or country. B.J. Schone, a Qualcomm employee, set out on a mission to create a mobile app – a geolocation-based class finder – that would allow employees to see the classes offered near their location.

1. Targeted Learning:Using Geolocation to Help Employees Find Classes at Qualcomm B.J. Schone June 22, 2011

2. About Qualcomm Qualcomm has dozens of buildings around the world…

3. ClassFinderlooks at the user’s geolocation and then shows the nearest buildings with upcoming classes.

8. User Location (Lat / Long) List of Buildings (Lat / Long and Building IDs) HTML / PHP / JavaScript / SQL Puzzle Pieces List of Classes (w/Building IDs)

9. User Location (Lat / Long) Puzzle Pieces – User Location

10. index.php

11. List of Buildings (Lat / Long and Building IDs) Puzzle Pieces – List of Buildings

13. Building info from IT (XML doc) MySQL database LMS Class info Building info ClassFinder web site User location Nearest classes

15. Next Steps Promote ClassFinder Test on more devices / tablets Use this technology on other sites, non-mobile? Brainstorm with co-workers and colleagues Track usage Who used it? Where were they? Did they follow through?

16. Questions?

17. Thank You! B.J. Schone bjschone@qualcomm.com bjschone@gmail.com @bjschone