AMD Appoints Mark Durcan to Board of Directors
November 01 2017 - 8:15AM
AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced that it has appointed Mark Durcan,
56, to its board of directors.
Durcan serves as an advisor to Micron Technology,
and was previously CEO from 2012 until his retirement in May 2017.
Throughout his 32-year tenure at Micron, Durcan held multiple
senior leadership positions, including president and chief
operating officer, chief technical officer, and vice president of
research and development. Durcan has been awarded approximately 100
U.S. and overseas patents and is widely recognized as a
semiconductor memory industry innovator.
“Mark led Micron through a period of significant
growth. We look forward to gaining Mark’s deep industry
insights, technical knowledge and leadership experience as a member
of AMD’s board of directors,” said John Caldwell, AMD chairman
of the board.
Durcan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
chemical engineering and a Master of Chemical Engineering from Rice
University. He currently serves as a board member of
AmerisourceBergen and St. Luke’s Health System.
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