Tom is Executive Vice
President, Legal Affairs, and Chief Administrative Officer. His current
leadership responsibilities include Legal, Corporate Development,
International Policy, Government and Community Affairs, Corporate
Secretary, Employee Culture and Communications, and Corporate Services.
During his tenure at AMD, he has also had leadership responsibility for
Human Resources, and for Information Technology. Tom joined AMD in January 1995,...
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Tom is Executive Vice
President, Legal Affairs, and Chief Administrative Officer. His current
leadership responsibilities include Legal, Corporate Development,
International Policy, Government and Community Affairs, Corporate
Secretary, Employee Culture and Communications, and Corporate Services.
During his tenure at AMD, he has also had leadership responsibility for
Human Resources, and for Information Technology.
Tom joined AMD in January 1995, and was Senior
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary until 2003. Prior to
AMD, he spent 17 years at O'Melveny & Myers, one of the largest and
most prestigious law firms in the U.S., where he specialized in
business litigation.
Tom holds an undergraduate degree in history
from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of
Southern California. He clerked for the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of
Appeals, served on the board of directors of the Western Center on Law
and Poverty, and co-founded the California General Counsel’s
Association. He is a frequent speaker on the principles and
responsibilities of leadership.
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