Technical Sharing Session with Advanced Micro Devices

Mark Papermaster is Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President responsible for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) technical direction and product development. He led the re-design of engineering processes at AMD and the development of the award-winning “Zen” high-performance x86 CPU family, high-performance GPUs and the company’s modular design approach, Infinity Architecture. He also oversees Information Technology (IT) that delivers AMD’s compute infrastructure and services.

His 40+ years of engineering experience includes significant leadership roles managing the development of a wide range of products, from microprocessors to mobile devices and high-performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster was the leader of Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group, Apple Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering for iPod and iPhone and held multiple IBM roles in technology development including blade server and the microprocessor technology in mainframe, server, and storage products.

He is an active member of several boards and committees, including the US Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program, Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.

Papermaster received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in Electrical Engineering.

Keith Strier is senior vice president, global AI markets, at AMD, responsible for expanding our strategic vision for AI, driving new ecosystem capabilities, and accelerating strategic AI engagements globally across public and private sectors.

Previously, Keith was vice president, worldwide AI initiatives at NVIDIA, where he built NVIDIA’s global portfolio of AI Nations partnerships and sovereign AI business. Strier has 30 years of global leadership experience, having served as the first global AI leader at EY and the first global chief digital officer at Deloitte.

Keith holds multiple AI policy leadership appointments worldwide, including: Founding Member, US National AI Advisory Committee (NAIAC) and 1st year Chair, International Working Group, at the US Department of Commerce; Founding Co-Chair, AI Compute and Climate Expert Group, at the OECD, where Keith led the development of the first blueprint for building domestic compute capacity; Member, Australia’s National AI Centre Think Tank; and Founding Co-Chair, Commonwealth AI Consortium, harnessing AI to support the most climate-vulnerable small states.

Keith holds a bachelor’s degree with Honors in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.