AMD Names Jack Huynh Senior VP and GM of Computing and Graphics

[GFreeman]

AMD today announced that Jack Huynh has been named senior vice president and general manager of Computing and Graphics following the retirement from AMD of Rick Bergman, currently the executive vice president of Computing and Graphics. Bergman will remain at AMD through the second quarter to ensure a smooth transition. Huynh has been at AMD for more than 24 years and was most recently responsible for leading all aspects of the company's semi-custom business. He will report to AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su.

Huynh has served in a variety of leadership roles at AMD, most recently as the senior vice president and general manager for the AMD Semi-Custom business group, leading strategy, business management, and engineering execution for high performance custom solutions. Prior to that, Huynh served as corporate vice president and general manager where he led end to end business execution of mobility solutions for the AMD Client PC business group.



"Under Jack's leadership, AMD has strengthened our position as the leading provider of custom solutions for gaming," said Dr. Su. "We see strong long-term growth opportunities for our Computing and Graphics business as we bring our high-performance CPU and GPU IP together with our leadership software capabilities to create differentiated solutions across our foundational gaming franchise and a broader set of markets. As we welcome Jack in his expanded role, I also want to personally thank Rick for his many contributions and dedication to our business throughout his years with AMD."

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[LabRat 891]

Huynh has served in a variety of leadership roles at AMD,

Hiring from within is good.

most recently as the senior vice president and general manager for the AMD Semi-Custom business group,

I'm listening.

leading strategy, business management,

*yawn* Intel's learned the hard way this is nonsense for leading tech sectors.

and engineering execution for high performance custom solutions.

Now you've got my attention, in a good way.

Prior to that, Huynh served as corporate vice president and general manager where he led end to end business execution of mobility solutions for the AMD Client PC business group.

and... detracted

Tech companies need Tech People.
-Again, Intel has learned this the hard way. You'd think AMD would've caught that, with them trying to copy Intel strategy and marketing so much lately.

 

[sLowEnd]

Hiring from within is good.

I'm listening.

*yawn* Intel's learned the hard way this is nonsense for leading tech sectors.

Now you've got my attention, in a good way.

and... detracted

Tech companies need Tech People.
-Again, Intel has learned this the hard way. You'd think AMD would've caught that, with them trying to copy Intel strategy and marketing so much lately.

According to the guy's Linkedin, he has a Bachelor's in electrical engineering, and his first couple of years at AMD were as a design engineer. That was two decades ago of course, but the guy isn't completely without any technical merit.

 

[Daven]

As a PhD in chemistry, I started my career doing science but as I progressed, companies wanted me in business management and development to support the scientific products we sold. That’s unfortunately how progressing can work for some who start out in a technical career. I had to leave the industry to get back to science which accompanied a huge pay cut in my case.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Tech companies need Tech People.
-Again, Intel has learned this the hard way. You'd think AMD would've caught that, with them trying to copy Intel strategy and marketing so much lately.

The guy does have an engineering background.

Lisa Su hasn't worked in any technical positions for over 20 years. Do you think she should be fired?

 

[Steevo]

As a PhD in chemistry, I started my career doing science but as I progressed, companies wanted me in business management and development to support the scientific products we sold. That’s unfortunately how progressing can work for some who start out in a technical career. I had to leave the industry to get back to science which accompanied a huge pay cut in my case.

I work in a field now about as far from Computer Sciences as it can get, but its enjoyable. Sometimes its the recognition of skill sets not as much the specific field.