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AMD Picks Up Jim Anderson from Intel To Lead Computing and Graphics Business Group

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http://www.anandtech.com/show/9322/...to-lead-computing-and-graphics-business-group

Word comes from AMD this afternoon that they have finally found a new Senior VP and General Manager for the company’s Computing and Graphics business group. The group has been without a GM since early this year when previous GM John Byrne left the company, with CEO Dr. Lisa Su overseeing the group on an interim basis.

After having conducted an external search, AMD has announced that they have tapped Jim Anderson to take over the group, bringing him over from Intel. Jim had in turn been with Intel for the last 7 months as the GM of the company’s Axxia communication processor business, after Intel acquired the business and Jim from LSI last year. Going farther back, before his tenure at LSI, Jim was employed at Intel as a microprocessor architect and later involved in Intel’s microprocessor strategic planning, giving him a bona fide background in the business he’s now being tapped to lead.

In their press release of the hiring, along with lauding Jim’s technical credentials, AMD has also been making it clear that they are bringing Jim on-board in order to help turn around the state of AMD’s Computing and Graphics business and improve its profitability. As the GM is responsible not only for technical matters but business and sales matters as well, AMD has been in need of someone capable of expertly handling all three aspects of the business, to which AMD believes that Jim’s “proven ability to transform businesses to drive profitable growth” makes him a good fit for the job.
 
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Yeap, I see it now.. One man's gonna cure AMD's woes. Whats was his name again? Oh.. Jim Anderson :whiste:
 
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"As the GM is responsible not only for technical matters but business and sales matters as well, AMD has been in need of someone capable of expertly handling all three aspects of the business, to which AMD believes that Jim’s “proven ability to transform businesses to drive profitable growth”

I'm saying that's a lot on one mans plate.
 
Burpo said:
"As the GM is responsible not only for technical matters but business and sales matters as well, AMD has been in need of someone capable of expertly handling all three aspects of the business, to which AMD believes that Jim’s “proven ability to transform businesses to drive profitable growth”

I'm saying that's a lot on one mans plate.
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Well if he manages to turn the company around he'll be very well rewarded.
 
magomago said:
What we really want to know is how many of his guys will be bring over from Intel in the next 6 months...
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Very few, if any.

Of course he was on the market. He left Intel and the company he went to was acquired by Intel. Does anybody actually think he would stay at Intel??
 
Phynaz said:
Very few, if any.

Of course he was on the market. He left Intel and the company he went to was acquired by Intel. Does anybody actually think he would stay at Intel??
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Maybe Intel just really wants the guy? Not like acquiring AMD would cost them very much at this point 😛
 
If he's smart he'll have it in his contract that AMD advances his salary in escrow now, lest that money disappear upon their inevitable bankruptcy...
 
NTMBK said:
Maybe Intel just really wants the guy? Not like acquiring AMD would cost them very much at this point 😛
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Intel didn't even bother to put a non-competition clause in the guy's new working contract, so no, Intel wasn't interested on him.

But all in all it's a good move for AMD. Bringing professional leadership for the company is a smart move.
 
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He was GM of the Axxia communication processor business. That one segment probably made more money than AMD.
 
sm625 said:
He was GM of the Axxia communication processor business. That one segment probably made more money than AMD.
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It's not hard to "make more money" than AMD as long as you are profitable, but the revenue scale of the Axxia chip business is far smaller than the entirety of AMD.
 
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