Intel is undergoing another wave of executive changes under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who took charge in March.
The chipmaker announced Monday that Michelle Johnston Holthaus, a 30-year Intel veteran and most recently chief executive officer of Intel products, will leave her post and transition into a strategic adviser role.
As part of the shake-up, Intel is creating a new central engineering group to spearhead its push into custom silicon for external customers. The unit will be led by Srinivasan “Srini” Iyengar, who joined Intel from Cadence Design Systems in July.
Other leadership changes include:
- Kevork Kechichian, formerly of ARM, will become head of Intel’s data center group.
- Jim Johnson has been appointed senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s client computing group.
- Naga Chandrasekaran, Intel Foundry’s chief technology and operations officer, will expand his role overseeing custom chip manufacturing.
“With Srini leading Central Engineering, we’re aligning innovation and execution more tightly in service to customers,” Tan said in a press release. “Kevork, Jim, and Srini are exceptional leaders whose deep technical acumen and industry relationships will be instrumental as we continue building a new Intel.”
The changes follow July’s appointments of four new leaders in sales and engineering, including Greg Ernst as chief revenue officer.
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Intel’s restructuring comes against a backdrop of heightened government scrutiny. In August, the U.S. government said it would convert existing grants into a 10% equity stake in Intel, designed to penalize the company if its ownership of the foundry unit drops below 50%.
Intel declined to comment on Monday’s announcements.
