Intel is making sweeping changes to its executive team and its organisation, including the McAfee security outfit it acquired in 2010.
The chip developer said this week that Intel president Renee James, a 28-year company veteran, will step down from her post by year-end to pursue a role as CEO at another company.
James is departing Intel on friendly terms. In a letter released Wednesday US time to Intel employees, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said: "[Renee] has helped me move Intel forward with a clear strategy, new external talent and an intensive focus on diversity and leadership. Her transition work in the coming months will include transferring many key relationships and helping to reallocate her functions and initiatives.
Another high-level departure is Arvind Sodhani, president of Intel Capital, who plans to retire in January after a 35-year career with Intel. His responsibilities will be merged with those of Wendell Brooks, Intel's president of mergers and acquisitions.
Restructure
Gone is the Intel Security organisation, formerly known as McAfee, which Intel acquired in 2010. On 1 July, it was integrated into Intel operations, a move Krzanich wrote would enable Intel Security "to advance the state of security across the industry".
Intel is merging its tablet and long-term agreement phone teams with its PC Client Group as part of a new organisation, the Client Computing Group, Krzanich wrote. That group will be managed by Kirk Skaugen, currently the senior vice president and general manager for the PC Client Group.
Intel is also integrating its China Platform Engineering Group and its wireless platform R&D under a new Intel Communication & Devices Group under general manager Aicha Evans in order to better take advantage of its new SoFIA (Smart or Feature phone with Intel Architecture), Intel's first fully integrated LTE modem-based SoC for phones, the company said.
"Together these changes enabled us to present a unified voice to our client customers, get products to market faster, and bring better IP reuse and integration across our client platforms," Krzanich wrote.
Also new is the New Technology Group, which brings together Intel Labs, its Perceptual Computing Group, its new business initiatives organisation, and its New Devices Group under the direction of Josh Walden, senior vice president and general manager of the New Technology Group.
As a result of the reorganisations, Intel will be saying goodbye to a number of executives. This includes Mike Bell, an Intel vice president who led Intel's Mobile & Communications Group and the New Devices Group, who will retire later this year, Krzanich wrote.
Departures also include Hermann Eul, general manager and corporate vice president, whose contract with Intel expires in 2016.
"I know management changes can be distracting, but it is critical that we remain focused on what we do best: delivering amazing products and experiences to our customers. I firmly believe that it is this collective team – Intel employees around the world – that makes our mission a reality," Krzanich wrote.
This article originally appeared at crn.com
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