AMD Appoints Michael Gregoire to Board of Directors

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced that it has appoin­ted Micha­el Gre­go­i­re, 53, to its board of direc­tors. Gre­go­i­re will ser­ve on the Audit and Finan­ce Com­mit­tee and the Nomi­na­ting and Cor­po­ra­te Gover­nan­ce Committee.

Gre­go­i­re brings 30 years of enter­pri­se tech­no­lo­gy indus­try exper­ti­se and busi­ness acu­men to his posi­ti­on, with a strong track record of lea­ding high-per­forming growth com­pa­nies. Befo­re tran­si­tio­ning into the invest­ment sec­tor as part­ner at Brigh­ton Park Capi­tal, Gre­go­i­re was chair­man and CEO of CA Tech­no­lo­gies. Ear­lier in his care­er he was chair­man, pre­si­dent and CEO of Taleo Cor­po­ra­ti­on and also held seni­or lea­der­ship posi­ti­ons at Peo­p­le­Soft and Elec­tro­nic Data Sys­tems Corporation.

Mike has signi­fi­cant expe­ri­ence hel­ping com­pa­nies con­vert pro­duct lea­der­ship into sus­tainable, long-term growth. We look for­ward to his insights and per­spec­ti­ve as AMD focu­ses on con­ti­nuing to build pro­duct and finan­cial momen­tum,” said John Cald­well, AMD chair­man of the board.

Gre­go­i­re holds a Bache­lor of Sci­ence degree in Phy­sics and Com­pu­ting from Wil­frid Lau­rier Uni­ver­si­ty and a Mas­ter of Busi­ness Admi­nis­tra­ti­on from Cali­for­nia Coast Uni­ver­si­ty. He curr­ent­ly ser­ves as a board mem­ber of Smarts­heet. Pre­vious board appoint­ments include ADP, CA Tech­no­lo­gies, Shor­tel and Taleo Corporation.

About AMD
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