Intel Hires HPE Technology Chief as New CIO
January 13 2020 - 4:39PM
Dow Jones News
By Agam Shah
Intel Corp. said it has hired a new chief information officer to
run global information technology and drive a digital
transformation that includes the use of analytics and machine
learning.
Archana Deskus will start as the chip maker's CIO on Jan. 30,
reporting to Chief Financial Officer George Davis, Intel said. She
will manage an IT staff of around 5,000 employees, according to the
company.
Ms. Deskus will take on the role temporarily occupied by Aziz
Safa, vice president of information technology, who became interim
CIO after the departure in August of Paula Tolliver.
Ms. Deskus was hired from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., where
as CIO she led a project called NextGen IT, which involved the
overhaul of internal IT systems and the integration of enterprise
resource planning systems running core business processes.
Intel makes chips for personal computers, servers and other
devices, and is adding more artificial intelligence products to its
portfolio to help companies extract value from data, Intel says.
Intel in December reached a deal to buy AI chip maker Habana Labs
Ltd. for $2 billion.
Intel's previous CIOs have written reports that highlight the
internal usage of technologies such as machine learning to drive
business growth.
In the most recent report issued in April, the company's IT
department used machine learning and analytics to improve the
time-to-market for products such as chips by 52 weeks, thereby
generating about $2.85 billion in additional revenue, the company
said.
Intel said its digital transformation strategy includes the use
of collaboration tools to improve employee productivity and
technologies to help streamline supply chain and manufacturing
operations.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel has about 107,000 employees.
Write to Agam Shah at agam.shah@wsj.com
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