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AMD appoints Ahmed Mahmoud as new CIO
March 2008 by Marc Jacob
AMD announced the appointment of Ahmed Mahmoud as CIO. He brings more than 20 years of enterprise information technology (IT) leadership experience, most recently as vice president of IT at Dell. Mahmoud will be responsible for managing the company’s global technology infrastructure, and will play a key role ensuring that AMD continues to set an example of commercial computing excellence.
Mahmoud joins the company after 13 years at Dell. During his time there, he led a series of transformational efforts across its data warehousing, virtual storefront, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate computing operations. Prior to Dell, Mahmoud held various IT leadership and instruction positions at Eastman Kodak, The University of Houston, and Texas A&M University. He earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physics from Texas A&M University. He will report to the Office of the CEO.
