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HECTOR DE J. RUIZ
HECTOR DE J. RUIZ Director since January 2001
Dr. Ruiz, 62, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Dr. Ruiz joined
AMD in January 2000 as President and Chief Operating Officer, and was named Chief Executive Officer in April
2002. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2004. Previously, Dr. Ruiz served as President of
Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector. In his 22-year career with Motorola, Dr. Ruiz held a variety of
executive positions in the United States and overseas. He also worked at Texas Instruments in the company’s
research laboratories and manufacturing operations. Born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Dr. Ruiz earned a BA and
an MA in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He earned his doctorate in Electrical
Engineering from Rice University in 1973. Dr. Ruiz is passionate about the role of technology in education and
empowering the underprivileged. At the 2004 World Economic Forum in Davos, he announced AMD’s 50x15
Initiative, a commitment to empower 50% of the world’s population with basic internet access by the year 2015.
Dr. Ruiz currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), and serves on the
Board of Trustees of Rice University.
DENNIS F. STRIGL
DENNIS F. STRIGL Director since February 2008
Mr. Strigl, 61, is President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Communications. Prior to this position, he was
the President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Wireless since its formation in April 2000. Mr. Strigl served
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Mobile since 1991, Group President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Global Wireless Group of Bell Atlantic, Vice President of Operations and Chief Operating Office of
Bell Atlantic New Jersey, Inc. and served on its board of directors. He began his career in 1968 with New York
Telephone and held positions at AT&T and Wisconsin Telephone before becoming Vice President of American
Bell Inc. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Data Research Inc. Mr. Strigl holds a
degree in business administration from Canisius College and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He
serves on the boards of directors of Anadigics Inc. and PNC Financial Services Group.
LAURA D’ANDREA TYSON
LAURA D’ANDREA TYSON Director since May 1997
Dr. Tyson, 60, has been a professor at the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California,
Berkeley, since January 2007. From January 2002 to December 2006, she was the Dean of London Business
School. She was formerly the Dean of the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California,
Berkeley, a position she held between July 1998 and December 2001. Previously, she was Professor and holder
of the Class of 1939 Chair in Economics and Business Administration at the University of California, Berkeley, a
position she held from January 1997 to July 1998. Prior to this position, Dr. Tyson served in the first Clinton
Administration as Chairman of the President’s National Economic Council and 16th Chairman of the White House
Council of Economic Advisers. Prior to joining the Administration, Dr. Tyson was Professor of Economics and
Business Administration, Director of the Institute of International Studies, and Research Director of the Berkeley
Roundtable on the International Economy at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Tyson holds a BA degree
from Smith College and a Ph.D. degree in Economics from MIT. Dr. Tyson is the author of numerous articles on
economics, economic policy and international competition. She is a Director of Morgan Stanley and AT&T.