Since Lip-bu Tan became Chief Executive Officer in March, the semiconductor giant Intel has continued to develop its senior leadership.
On Monday, Intel announced that Michelle Johnston Holthaus would leave the company after more than 30 years in office. Johnston Holthhaus is currently Chief Executive Officer of Intel Products and will continue to serve as strategic adviser thereafter.
According to Intel, the company also announced the establishment of a central engineering group that would create a new customized silicon business for external clients. The team will be led by Srinivasan “Srini” Iyengar, who joined Intel in July from Cadence Design Systems.
Intel further states that Kevok Kechichian of the former ARM will join the head of the company ‘ s data centre group. Jim Johnson was appointed Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Intel Client Calculator Group. The Chief Technical and Operating Officer of the Intel foundry, Naga Chandrasekaran, is a company whose business arm is building customized chips for external clients and is playing an expanded role.
In a corporate press release, Tan said: “With Srini’s leading central engineering lead, we are working more closely with our clients.” “We have focused on the provision of world-class products with lasers and have given our engineering teams the ability to move faster and to do so with a remarkable attitude. Kevok, Jim and Sriny are outstanding leaders, and their deep technological acumen and industrial relations will play an important role as we continue to build a new Intel.”
Only a few weeks after the announcement by the United States Government of a plan to convert existing government grants to 10 per cent of the shares in Intel, this news emerged. If the company has less than 50 per cent ownership of its foundry, the transaction is structured as an Intel sanction.
These are not the only changes in Intel’s leadership this year.
Tan’s assumption of the post of CEO in March is a noteworthy person. In July, the company announced that it had hired four new individuals in sales and engineering roles, including Greg Ernst, as Chief Revenue Officer in Intel.
Intel refused to comment.