AMD Appoints Joe Krystofik to Vice President, South Asia Pacific; AMD's South Asia Pacific Headquarters Will Move to Shanghai.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) today announced the appointment of Joe Krystofik to Vice President, South Asia This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. For geophysical treatments, see Indian subcontinent. South Asia, also known as Southern Asia Pacific. In this capacity, Krystofik will be responsible for all sales, marketing, and business development activities in AMD's South Asia Pacific region. He will report to Henri Richard Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. , AMD group vice president of Worldwide Sales. Krystofik will also lead the relocation of AMD's South Asia Pacific headquarters -- currently located in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. -- to Shanghai, the industrial center of China. AMD Shanghai will become the company's South Asia Pacific headquarters effective October 1, 2002. AMD will retain offices in Hong Kong. "Joe Krystofik brings 22 years of experience in the high-technology industry covering semiconductor components and telecom systems in marketing, strategy, sales and systems engineering," said Richard. "His track record of building close customer relationships makes him an ideal choice to lead our efforts to expand AMD's success in the South Asia Pacific region." "I'm looking forward to expanding AMD's business in China and across the South Asia Pacific region," said Krystofik. "The South Asia Pacific region is of strategic importance to AMD, and represents a substantial business opportunity for us. I'm confident that we can successfully address our regional business objectives by providing our South Asia Pacific customers with products that address their specific needs." Krystofik most recently served as AMD's Director of Strategy and Business Development for China. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing strategies and cross-functional business plans for AMD, including Microprocessors, embedded microprocessors and Flash memory devices in an effort to build AMD's market share in China. Prior to joining AMD, Krystofik developed Motorola's Asian paging systems operations. He has spent most of his career working in and around Asia, with a concentration on China since 1991. Krystofik's semiconductor experience has focused on microprocessor products, Fast Static RAM A fast memory technology that requires power to hold its content. Static RAM (SRAM, S-RAM) is used for high-speed registers, caches and relatively small memory banks such as a frame buffer on a display adapter. , and EEprom for Motorola and SGS SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SGS Symantec Gateway Security (appliance) SGS School of Graduate Studies SGS Subgrid Scale SGS Singapore Government Securities SGS Shell Global Solutions Thomson. Krystofik earned an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from Marquette University, and a BS in Electronics Technology from Northern Michigan University This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, Flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $3.9 billion in 2001. (NYSE:AMD). AMD on the Web For more AMD news and product information, please visit our virtual pressroom at www.amd.com/news/virtualpress/index.html. Additional press releases are available at www.amd.com/news/news.html. Note to Editors: AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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