Monday, January 9th 2012
AMD Appoints Rajan Naik as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today that Rajan Naik, 40, has joined the company as senior vice president and chief strategy officer. He will report to president and chief executive officer Rory Read. Naik, who was most recently a Partner in McKinsey & Company's Technology practice will be responsible for AMD's short-and long-term strategy development, including market opportunities, strategic partnerships and investment strategies.
"Rajan Naik possesses a strong track record of execution in strategic planning, product and market strategy, and operational performance," Read said. "He will help ensure strategic and operational alignment across our business to take advantage of growth opportunities in lower power, emerging markets and cloud computing."
Mr. Naik spent 11 years at McKinsey & Company, where he provided counsel to various companies in the technology and telecom industries. Prior to his tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Naik worked as a senior engineer at Intel Corporation. Prior to Intel, he was a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies.
Mr. Naik joins AMD following the appointment of Dr. Lisa Su as senior vice president and general manager, global business units, as well as the appointment of Mark Papermaster as senior vice president and chief technology officer.
Mr. Naik has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will be primarily based in Austin, Texas.
"Rajan Naik possesses a strong track record of execution in strategic planning, product and market strategy, and operational performance," Read said. "He will help ensure strategic and operational alignment across our business to take advantage of growth opportunities in lower power, emerging markets and cloud computing."
Mr. Naik joins AMD following the appointment of Dr. Lisa Su as senior vice president and general manager, global business units, as well as the appointment of Mark Papermaster as senior vice president and chief technology officer.
Mr. Naik has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will be primarily based in Austin, Texas.
67 Comments on AMD Appoints Rajan Naik as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
long live the rebrands!
These executives sure dont last long in their jobs
so you're for Affirmative Action as long as it's Americans getting jobs they don't deserve?
While the rest of you complain about his last name and nationality, on a post by a guy name btarunr from Hyderabad, India! :shadedshu
Any complaints or racial or derogatory remarks should be kept to oneself.
Did you read?:Just because your ethnicity isn't one of the majorities of the country doesn't make you "some foriegner". Besides, the great thing about America is that anyone can come here and be an American.
Now that being said and getting off the topic of racism, AMD just seems to be a revolving door of employees much like McDonalds.
the power of rebranding is unlimited !!
Anyways hopefully it will help AMD in some way positive.
So are you saying that only Americans are talented? So where I live in the UK there aren't talented people? No talented people in Europe?
You saying its impossible for talented people to exist in Europe, Eastern Europe South East Asia or Asia (India).
Talent is indigenous to American culture? Is that what you are saying?Come over where? Indian's were the very first Americans in the United States. The caucasians kicked the Indians out their OWN country and took over. Just you remember that. Those Indians are more American than you. Mr Ignorant.
columbus thought he had landed in India, and we refused to ever stop calling them that.
Anyways, terminology is not my point, Trickson is ignorant and probably racist, I'm calling him out on that.