Intels' board elects Brian Krzanich as new CEO

[Phynaz]

He's a manufacturing guy.

http://techreport.com/news/24752/intel-board-elects-brian-krzanich-as-new-ceo

 

[Jaydip]

He is very traditional in a sense.But I guess it's good for them.

 

[Genx87]

He's a manufacturing guy.

http://techreport.com/news/24752/intel-board-elects-brian-krzanich-as-new-ceo

That guys pic is hilarious. Looks perfect for a meme

"Dont care, got laid".

Anyways I think going internal is a good thing for Intel. Somebody who knows the business and has worked on one of their most important assets(fabrication) will help them in the long run.

 

[Exophase]

That guys pic is hilarious. Looks perfect for a meme

"Dont care, got laid".

I can already see ones appearing with "lolbal foundries" or something ;p

 

[CHADBOGA]

That guys pic is hilarious. Looks perfect for a meme

Agree.

I laughed when he I saw his droopy eyes.

He looks like a Basset Dog.

 

[Idontcare]

My concerns are that both Barret and Meyers looked great on paper based on their experience, and that turned out to be an unfounded assumed ability to lead based on a proven technical record in both cases.

I thought Otellini would be a flop, being "just" a marketing guy by pedigree. But he turned out to be pretty darn good at being a CEO.

So will this guy be a Barret? Or an Otellini? I'm hopeful but don't feel like I have any justification for being so...

 

[guskline]

With my wife owning a few shares of intel, I hope he is successful!
Seriously, I wish him well.

 

[ViRGE]

My concerns are that both Barret and Meyers looked great on paper based on their experience, and that turned out to be an unfounded assumed ability to lead based on a proven technical record in both cases.

I thought Otellini would be a flop, being "just" a marketing guy by pedigree. But he turned out to be pretty darn good at being a CEO.

So will this guy be a Barret? Or an Otellini? I'm hopeful but don't feel like I have any justification for being so...

I think he'll be fine. It's the new COOpresident (James) that I'm worried about. Appointing a software person to COOpresident of a hardware company? Especially coming from a software division as miserable as Intel's?

 

[mrmt]

So will this guy be a Barret? Or an Otellini? I'm hopeful but don't feel like I have any justification for being so...

+1 here.

We have plenty of good CxO that once become CEOs are flop, or good C_O that become excelent CEOs. There's no recipe here. In any case, we'll see how he panned out only in 2016, until there it's just Otelini roadmap.

I'm hoping for the best.

 

[SunRe]

With my wife owning a few shares of intel, I hope he is successful!
Seriously, I wish him well.

I was very interested in the selection process for Intel's new CEO position. For a company of so much weight in the industry, their top-level hiring process is notoriously obscure.

In the light of the challenges Intel is facing from the ARM market his profile seems well aligned with Intel's strategy. Push x86 into new form factors through manufacturing leadership. And this guy seems just the right person to do that.

On the other hand I really hoped to see something groundbreaking (other than their manufacturing capabilities) from Intel, something like Larrabee or Itanium. We all know how well those have gone so I guess Intel chose to stay away from any disruptive technologies from the time being...

@Idontcare

I had the same feeling about Otellini, I thought he will sink the company. However under his run Intel implemented one of the best product development execution strategies I've ever seen from a tech company. That was disruptive in its own way, just ask AMD..

 

[Phynaz]

I think he'll be fine. It's the new COO (James) that I'm worried about. Appointing a software person to COO of a hardware company? Especially coming from a software division as miserable as Intel's?

I didn't realize until you posted this that they split the CEO / President role. :hmm:

 

[ViRGE]

I didn't realize until you posted this that they split the CEO / President role. :hmm:

Oh you're right. That's President, not COO. That's even worse!

 

[CHADBOGA]

I didn't realize until you posted this that they split the CEO / President role. :hmm:

Oh you're right. That's President, not COO. That's even worse!

Isn't that because Krzanich and James came as a package deal?

The only presentation to the board by Krzanich, was the one he did together with James.

 

[Ajay]

I think he'll be fine. It's the new COOpresident (James) that I'm worried about. Appointing a software person to COOpresident of a hardware company? Especially coming from a software division as miserable as Intel's?

Maybe Intel's finally gotten the point that they need better consumer software to help drive sales? The do have good dev tools from what I've read, but then you look at something like their iGPU drivers and just cry :'(

 

[ViRGE]

Maybe Intel's finally gotten the point that they need better consumer software to help driver sales? The do have good dev tools from what I've read, but then you look at something like their iGPU drivers and just cry :'(

I'm looking at the Intel that spent a small fortune on McAfee and has nothing to show for it. That's what James has been up to thus far.:|

 

[Genx87]

I think he'll be fine. It's the new COOpresident (James) that I'm worried about. Appointing a software person to COOpresident of a hardware company? Especially coming from a software division as miserable as Intel's?

Intels compilers have helped their hardware side big time.