Please suggest candidates for Intel CEO/leader[s] that you really believe can revamp Intel and realize most or all of potential that lots of us see untapped for so long time. Internal and external, provide their name and rationale why you think they could be up to the task. What I am looking is level like Elon Musk or Jen-Hsun Huang, although neither of them are likely to accept. Are there internal candidates of that class and material even if we take two in one?
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Gelsinger is only 55. He plans to step down as CEO of VMWare once Dell completes the acquisition of EMC this summer.
Not only is he good, he's available.
John Mcafee
Intel is the next DEC, have proprietary design that has past it's prime. Silicon technology that is getting passed.
Only question who will by the Design side and who will buy the TMG side?
I can guess the x86 / cloud / server is worth something, TMG less so, LOL
What does turn around look like?
Milk current server/x86 for maximum ROI, this becomes a shrinking but possible lucrative bussiness more like a 40 billion dollar as client drops so with 4-6 billion dollar profits, but zero growth and likely shares will drop to 25 bucks and yield 4% and change
Look to transform the company to the next big thing. It is hard to predict the next big thing, but whatever it is it won't be monopolistic and everyone in technology is chasing it. The manufactures competing are TSMC and Samsung, they are at parity in technology now! If it is hardware/software you have Apple, Google, IBM, Amazon and even FB all chasing this and the last company they want to partner with is Intel who is looking to pull another x86 strangle hold.
Split the company to let the design teams compete, dual x86 and memory ( LOL ), modems ( LOL ), and hopefully take some of the other strengths in software/design to maybe start another ARM thrust. Intel is still relatively profitable, they need to apply resources where it makes sense. IoT ain't it. But our next leader will go down with that one, just like our last one did with x86.
Second part of the company TMG free for all compete with Samsung, TSMC and GF in the foundry market and IM flash with Samsung and Toshiba in memory. We all know how much transformation that group will need to be come customer oriented and cost competitive, LOL.
Got to do it, the sooner they do the better chance they survive versus become the next DEC.
Gregg Lowe...ex guy from TI and Freescale. Did a remarkable job turning around Freescale
Gelsinger is too old
Maybe Pat Gelsinger
+1 to comment below - How much has she wasted on TAP? Her healthcare boondoggle?
"Whoever proposed Diane Bryant doesn't know her at all. She's awful. Ask anyone in DCG. The culture has declined since she took over from Kirk, while the dcg success today actually reflects his vision and decisions. Yet he got kicked to the curb and she gets a promotion..
She's the exactly what the company doesn't need. No imagination or creativity. Ruthlessly turns on people, chases those she doesn't like out of the company. Once tried to chase one out of the a company he joined after Intel (no sh*t). Deeply insecure, threatened by people smarter than her, so has to rule by fear. Basking in the success of the growth of Google & facebook as customer. while in fact DCG success reflects total collapse of competition -- at least up until now. When it reappears imminently it will be with a vengeance (AMD, ARM, AND IBM Power) and her truth will be clear to all. Though in true Intel exec fashion I'll bet she'll be off to the next thing and won't take a hit, and out next "leader" will take the blame."
Any internal selection or for the matter an industrial leader from outside say from a chip manufacturer or design house may not be the right choice. All of them are clouded by their bias and this transformation of the company will be hampered by this. You need a true unicorn, like Gerstner did for IBM
Whoever proposed Diane Bryant doesn't know her at all. She's awful. Ask anyone in DCG. The culture has declined since she took over from Kirk, while the dcg success today actually reflects his vision and decisions. Yet he got kicked to the curb and she gets a promotion..
She's the exactly what the company doesn't need. No imagination or creativity. Ruthlessly turns on people, chases those she doesn't like out of the company. Once tried to chase one out of the a company he joined after Intel (no sh*t). Deeply insecure, threatened by people smarter than her, so has to rule by fear. Basking in the success of the growth of Google & facebook as customer. while in fact DCG success reflects total collapse of competition -- at least up until now. When it reappears imminently it will be with a vengeance (AMD, ARM, AND IBM Power) and her truth will be clear to all. Though in true Intel exec fashion I'll bet she'll be off to the next thing and won't take a hit, and out next "leader" will take the blame.
Warren East.
I could recognize who is leader and whose vision is worthy, doable and who has drive and maturity to lead.
I can also claim with ~99% certainty that career executive is going to be toxic for company like Intel.
Gelsinger, per this thread, is actually not typical executive and is maybe best substitute if Intel can not find Elon Musk class leader.
There are number of methodologies how leader of this class can be found and groomed, but current board seems not using any of these.
Original Intel founders passed away, so now only real entrepreneur can be good candidate while no any exec can do the job since they are 80% emotional intelligence which completely is not the leader type and every time such career type came to lead any corporation failed.
Intel needs someone like Elon Musk but he would not consider. So, how to find real leader?
Bring back Tom Franz
@1ijv how about M&A with NVidia and taking their CEO. It would be brutal and maybe just, but might work.
In any case Gelsinger resonates way better
No one mentioned Steve Fund! WHAT?
How bout Aicha? Given that you get a retention bonus for losing $10B in 2 years, she'll be perfect!
Any Asian will be good to finish it for good
Barack Obama? He'll be free within a few months.
If Meg Whitman is the best idea you have, Intel is truly f-cked.
"It's a sad testament to the board of Intel that they couldn't 1) see that Intel needed an outside leader 2) have enough/the right contacts necessary to find someone outside Intel. We are led by vision-less, miopic, micromanagers. Intel is doomed. :("
Intel's in a tough spot in that both the core (cash cow) business is under threat and growth has been stagnant.
There are very few people who have both the manufacturing silicon chops to get the FABs humming AND the business acumen / perspective to figure out what kind of company Intel should be moving forward.
BK has failed at both (and is way out of his league on the latter, which is why he was 2 in a box with Renee James).
Intel culture is extremely hostile to outsiders. Someone trusted within Intel will need to vouch for and protect whoever becomes CEO (from outside). And they will likely need to clean house of Andy Bryant and others on the Board.
How about Meg Whitman?
"But do we think Dianne Bryant can hold the fort at data center? Can she foster enough innovation for us to fend against google, arm ?"
No.
She's part of the problem, not the solution.
It's a sad testament to the board of Intel that they couldn't 1) see that Intel needed an outside leader 2) have enough/the right contacts necessary to find someone outside Intel. We are led by vision-less, miopic, micromanagers. Intel is doomed. :(
More like Chief Executive Cluster F* Officer
Raj Ratnam that is too funny but he looks like murthy brother
fxy got it right when the board selected an insider the golden goose was cooked
Raj Rajaratnam
https://youtu.be/i1C1FLlICXs
Ok .. it seems it's difficult to find a person who has a fighting chance leading us through this transition from pc to another green pasture. But do we think Dianne Bryant can hold the fort at data center? Can she foster enough innovation for us to fend against google, arm ?
When IBM was in trouble, they didn't select a guy from IBM (or ex-IBM). They chose a guy with a totally different background and perspective on the business. And he saved the company.
Bill Chalmers
The Donald or Hillary, whom ever loses is still better then the game show host we have that cares more about URM and layoff numbers than actually developing a real winning strategy
Dadi is a PC centric myopic person that pushed Ultrabooks
Innovation needs to happen outside of the PC.
In case you missed the memo - PCs are falling off a cliff - just check the numbers.
There is no one within Intel that is able to push innovation outside the PC. Every attempt has failed hard.
The people that are able to innovate outside of PC have much better gigs outside of Inte which is perceived as a dead and outdated technology firm. Go outside of Intel and interview at a few places. See what they think of Intel and their employees.
Many were not impressed by Dadi and some mentioned that he had business selling used laptops
Dadi Perlmutter . This dude put his own money where his mouth is. Now runs his own VC company. When he was in Intel he was pissed off at Intel mobile phone, and man enough say it.
What is difficult to understand is why the board chose BK over Dadi?
Elop was a Microsoft operative designed to phone home to the mothership.
Stephen Elop. He destroyed all of Nokia's mobile business by coming from a competitor and as his first job he started massive lay-offs and ended most of the mobile development. Then he started messing with even more stuff and finally Nokia was forced to sell its mobile business to Microsoft who just watched it die completely.
Oh, wait a moment, that sounds like Murthy!
Sroijji, Gelsinger, Sanjay etc... All have high IQs
Therfore they will never work for Intel.
Carly Fiorina would be great. She is the master at making cuts.
The hope for a savior from inside is futile as well as outside.
The best outsiders already run their own company.
We have a bean counter and an outsider passed over in another company pretty slim pickings for what was a great company.
What are the chances of finding the next Gerstner, more likely to get a Meyers or Fiorna, but they had moments of brilliance in their career unlike BK
Johnny Srouji is a great option and he's Ex Intel but he will not leave Apple for a losing company. Anir Feintuch is a superstar but not experienced enough to run such a large company (yet).
The new leader should come from The Server side. It the only viable part of Intel at the moment.
Pat already declined. He was interviewed in the press during the PSO transition and mentioned that he didn't want the job.
Smart man.