Intel Restructures Leadership and Establishes Central Engineering Group

Intel announced a major executive overhaul under CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who assumed the helm in March. Michelle Johnston Holthaus will step down as CEO of Intel Products after more than thirty years with the company and will remain on as a strategic advisor for a transitional period.

At the same time Intel is creating a Central Engineering Group led by Srinivasan “Srini” Iyengar, a Senior Vice President and Fellow who joined the company in June from Cadence Design Systems. In his expanded brief, Iyengar will oversee horizontal engineering functions and build a custom silicon business serving external clients.

Other shifts include:

• Kevork Kechichian – joining as EVP and GM of Intel’s Data Center Group
  
• Jim Johnson – taking on the general manager role for Client Computing
  
• Naga Chandrasekaran – expanding his responsibilities to include Foundry Services alongside his CTO and COO roles at Intel Foundry

Tan frames the moves as central to improving execution and aligning innovation more tightly with customer needs. “With Srini leading Central Engineering we’re aligning innovation and execution more tightly in service to customers,” he said. “We are laser-focused on delivering world-class products and empowering our engineering teams to move faster and execute with excellence.”