AMD Appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as New CIO

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the appointment of Ahmed Mahmoud
as CIO. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise information
technology (IT) leadership experience, most recently as vice president
of IT at Dell. Mahmoud will be responsible for managing the company´s
global technology infrastructure, and will play a key role ensuring
that AMD continues to set an example of commercial computing
excellence.

"Ahmed´s success using IT as a competitive differentiator to scale
the business will help AMD tremendously as we expand our own
infrastructure to best meet internal needs and better serve a growing
customer base," said Dirk Meyer, president and COO, AMD. "His
considerable talent and experience help ensure that we continue
building a world-class IT network based on our own products and
platforms - some of the most advanced, energy-efficient solutions on
the market."

Mahmoud joins the company after 13 years at Dell. During his time
there, he led a series of transformational efforts across its data
warehousing, virtual storefront, manufacturing, supply chain and
corporate computing operations. Prior to Dell, Mahmoud held various IT
leadership and instruction positions at Eastman Kodak, The University
of Houston, and Texas A&M University. He earned both a bachelor´s and
master´s degree in physics from Texas A&M University. He will report
to the Office of the CEO.

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