Wednesday, June 12th 2019
Intel Announces New Chief People Officer Sandra Rivera
Intel has announced that Sandra Rivera will take on a new role as the company's chief people officer and executive vice president, reporting to CEO Bob Swan. She will lead the human resources organization and serve as steward of Intel's culture evolution as it transforms to a data-centric company. Previously, Rivera was responsible for the Network Platforms Group, and served as Intel's 5G executive sponsor.
"Sandra is a role model for an Intel that is customer obsessed, collaborative and fearless while firmly grounded in trust, transparency and inclusivity. I am thrilled that Sandra will lead this critical part of our strategy to power a data-centric world," Swan said. "In a company driven by deep, technical talent, Sandra is an excellent technical leader who builds successful businesses by first building great teams. I am confident Sandra, as chief people officer, will help us accelerate our transformation and position our Intel team to play a bigger role in our customers' success."
Rivera replaces Matt Smith, who announced his retirement after more than 20 years at the company in a variety of HR and legal leadership positions, including most recently serving as Intel's chief human resources officer.
"Our people are our greatest asset and are the fuel by which we extend our rich history and success of driving technology innovations that positively impact the world. The culture evolution work that we're driving forward is integrally tied to our business transformation. You can't have one without the other," Rivera said.
With Rivera transitioning to her new role, Intel will combine its network infrastructure organization with its programmable solutions organization under the leadership of Dan McNamara. The merging of these two business groups allows Intel to bring maximum value to our customers by delivering unprecedented and seamless access to Intel's broad portfolio of products, from Xeon, SoC, FPGA, eASIC, full custom to software, IP, systems and solutions across the cloud, enterprise, network, embedded and IoT markets.
"Sandra is a role model for an Intel that is customer obsessed, collaborative and fearless while firmly grounded in trust, transparency and inclusivity. I am thrilled that Sandra will lead this critical part of our strategy to power a data-centric world," Swan said. "In a company driven by deep, technical talent, Sandra is an excellent technical leader who builds successful businesses by first building great teams. I am confident Sandra, as chief people officer, will help us accelerate our transformation and position our Intel team to play a bigger role in our customers' success."
"Our people are our greatest asset and are the fuel by which we extend our rich history and success of driving technology innovations that positively impact the world. The culture evolution work that we're driving forward is integrally tied to our business transformation. You can't have one without the other," Rivera said.
With Rivera transitioning to her new role, Intel will combine its network infrastructure organization with its programmable solutions organization under the leadership of Dan McNamara. The merging of these two business groups allows Intel to bring maximum value to our customers by delivering unprecedented and seamless access to Intel's broad portfolio of products, from Xeon, SoC, FPGA, eASIC, full custom to software, IP, systems and solutions across the cloud, enterprise, network, embedded and IoT markets.
26 Comments on Intel Announces New Chief People Officer Sandra Rivera
I can see how it could work; if she can talk to the tech people "in their language" and understand the HR side and bring it all together, a challenging role for sure.
Anyway, doesn't matter, a thread clean-up is inbound.
And my position is not of the translator, I'm interpreting this news as a sign that Intel is not reacting rationally to the competition AMD is bringing. And I find this as yet another sign that Intel hasn't been properly managed for some time now.
Are we talking about the same cloud here?\Women are overrepresented in HRs, 70%+, dear stranger.
She has become head of HR.
Whether or not Intel feels like harming itself by sexist and racist "positive discrimination" hiring practices, to hire people based on identity, not merit, is up to Intel.
Also the company being worth 200 billion is not an argument, it's just appeal to authority.
Why? Because "inclusivity" has nothing to do with justice and has all to do with Ideology, namely Marxist and Frankfurt School.
"Women" here is not a group of people but an abstract concept in a grandiose theory that demands the overhaul of Society.
Take your personal discussions to PM/Conv.
No more off topic BS.
Take this as a warning.
Thank You.
But the base idea offending people is what baffles me. Just because it's diffilcult to attain an even spread across society does not make pushing for it a bad thing.
I'm actually on the fence re "affirmative action" type programs. I understand why they exist and even their goals, but I feel they are sort of the wrong way to tackle what at it's core is a poverty driven divide along race and other lines. I don't have much else in the way of ideas though, so honestly, I leave it to people smarter than me to figure out.
Just thought I'd drop this, lest it get lost in the drama.Thanks, but if anyone PMs me discussions like that, I won't be participating. I appreciate the cleanup, but I prefer respectful/sane debate out in the open, without name calling.