AMD Promotes Forrest Norrod to Executive Vice President of Data Center Solutions Business

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announ­ced that For­rest Nor­rod has been pro­mo­ted to exe­cu­ti­ve vice pre­si­dent and gene­ral mana­ger of the Data Cen­ter Solu­ti­ons busi­ness group at AMD. The appoint­ment reflects his record of lea­der­ship and mar­ket growth throug­hout his ten­ure with AMD and the stra­te­gic role of the data cen­ter busi­ness to the company’s con­tin­ued growth strategy.

Under Forrest’s lea­der­ship, we have signi­fi­cant­ly grown our data cen­ter busi­ness and deli­ver­ed mul­ti­ple gene­ra­ti­ons of AMD EPYC pro­ces­sors that com­bi­ne lea­der­ship per­for­mance and ener­gy effi­ci­en­cy,” said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “The data cen­ter is our lar­gest growth oppor­tu­ni­ty, and we look for­ward to fur­ther expan­ding our pre­sence with cloud, enter­pri­se and edge cus­to­mers dri­ven by the industry’s stron­gest data cen­ter port­fo­lio and Forrest’s leadership.”

Nor­rod joi­n­ed AMD in 2014 and most recent­ly ser­ved as seni­or vice pre­si­dent and gene­ral mana­ger of the Data Cen­ter Solu­ti­ons busi­ness group. He has more than 30 years of tech­no­lo­gy indus­try expe­ri­ence across a num­ber of engi­nee­ring and busi­ness manage­ment roles at both the chip and sys­tem level.

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