AMD Deepens Senior Management and Technical Leadership Bench
July 12 2018 - 4:15PM
AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) today announced key promotions that extend
senior-level focus on company growth. AMD named “Zen” chief
architect Mike Clark an AMD corporate fellow; promoted Darren
Grasby to senior vice president of global Computing and Graphics
sales and AMD president for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA);
and promoted Robert Gama to senior vice president and chief human
resources officer.
“We believe the opportunities ahead of us are tremendous as we
execute on our long-term strategy and exciting product roadmap,”
said Lisa Su, AMD president and CEO. “As leaders, Mike, Darren, and
Robert have made significant contributions to our success so far,
and these promotions elevate their impact at AMD as we accelerate
company growth going forward.”
AMD Corporate Fellow Mike
Clark
Clark’s appointment to AMD corporate fellow is based on his
outstanding leadership role in developing CPU core architectures,
notably the “Zen” microarchitecture – the critical base for
high-performance AMD Ryzen™, AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ and AMD EPYC™
processors. Clark will continue to oversee CPU core strategy,
design and roadmap. Promotion to AMD fellow is an honor bestowed to
the most accomplished innovators, and is based on specific
technical contributions, industry involvement and talent
mentoring.
AMD Senior Vice President of Global Computing and
Graphics Sales and President EMEA Darren Grasby
As senior vice president of global Computing and Graphics sales
and president of AMD operations in EMEA, Grasby leads AMD’s
worldwide sales to PC manufacturers and channel partners, and
provides senior executive oversight for AMD’s EMEA employees,
operations and reputation with customers and partners. Since
joining AMD in 2007, Grasby has held a variety of management roles
and led teams that drove successful adoption of AMD Ryzen™, AMD
Radeon™ and previous generations of computing and graphics
processors globally.
AMD Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources
Officer Robert Gama
As senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Gama
leads the global AMD human resource (HR) organization, which
includes talent management, recruitment, compensation and benefits,
learning and development, and HR systems and operations. Gama is
responsible for driving the HR strategy and structure to support
the company’s business priorities. Gama has spent the last five
years leading efforts to transform HR practices and operations
within AMD across multiple leadership positions, most recently as
chief talent officer.
About AMDFor more than 45 years AMD has driven
innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and
visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming,
immersive platforms and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of
consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge
scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD
technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD
employees around the world are focused on building great products
that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information
about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the
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Contact:Miriam
CoxAMD Communications(512) 602-4375Miriam.Cox@amd.com
Jason SchmidtAMD Investor
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