AMD Appoints Dasaradha Gude MD for India
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, 25 Aug 2008, 1359 hrs IST

AMD has appointed Dasaradha 'GD' Gude as MD for its India operations. As the lead for AMD India R&D, his responsibilities include in-region development and management of AMD's broad and growing portfolio of consumer and commercial platforms and processors.

This change is part of AMD's recently announced decision to re-architect its business for sustained profitability. AMD's India engineering operations have now become part of the Central Engineering leadership team, recently created to direct the development and execution of AMD's technology and product roadmaps in partnership with AMD's business units. The Central Engineering team is co-led by engineering executives Chekib Akrout and Jeff VerHeul, both of whom report to Dirk Meyer, AMD president and CEO.

GD brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) domain, spanning various entrepreneurial roles and most recently as the managing director of the AMD R&D center, Hyderabad. In this role, he managed a team of engineers who delivered leading-edge technologies for AMD's graphics and consumer electronics businesses.

He was also instrumental in establishing AMD's 'Centre of Excellence for Audio Technology.'

Dasaradha Gude said, "AMD India has grown significantly since its inception and has turned out to be a critical contributor to the product roadmap of the company. The creation of a Centralized Engineering organization helps align and focus AMD's world-class engineers and intellectual property portfolio on the strong business opportunities in front of us. We look forward to taking our engineering activities in India to greater heights."

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