Bob started at Intel in 2001 after receiving his MBA from the University of Chicago. He has been in division, procurement, and controls roles prior to his current position in supply chain finance. He also holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Virginia. Bob worked as a development engineer at a startup company in upstate New York and a Fortune 1000 company in the California Bay Area before deciding to switch careers.
He is passionate about motivating kids to learn science and technology, volunteering as a judge at various science fairs, e-mentoring students and teaching in his spare time. While he thrives on challenge at work, he enjoys his vacation time exploring national parks with his wife and 2 kids. He is excited to be part of Team Bangladesh, volunteering for the Intel Education Service Corps at Save the Children’s schools in Bangladesh.
Brad Houser has been at Intel for over 21 years. He first worked in the ASIC CIM group, and was later part of the D2 Automation group from the startup in 1989 to the closure in 2009. Brad has a background in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, but he enjoys teaching whenever he can. He is an active volunteer at Intel, teaching Semi’s Hi-Tech U, giving tours in the Intel Museum, and Junior Achievement Day. Brad volunteered to teach in Vietnam to experience the joy of sharing new things with those less fortunate. He will be the team lead and the Network expert during his two weeks there. He is married with three adult children.
Dr. Craig Barrett is the Retired CEO/Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation and a leading advocate for improving education in the U.S. and around the world. He is also a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards globally.
Dr. Barrett received his Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Stanford University. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Barrett was a Fulbright Fellow at Danish Technical University in Denmark and a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Physical Laboratory in England. He joined Intel Corporation in 1974 and became Intel’s fourth president in May 1997, chief executive officer in 1998 and chairman of the Board on May 18, 2005. In May 2009, he stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation. Read more.
Gary Niekerk has spent over twenty years working with stakeholders, customers, and employees on sustainability and reputation issues; in his effort to protect and build the brands of some of the world’s leading high-tech companies. Gary has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Intel Corporation where he has spent the past fifteen years. Gary’s current position is Director, Global Citizenship working in Intel’s Office of Corporate Responsibility. While at Intel, Gary has held a variety of leadership positions, including: Regional Environmental Health & Safety manager and External Affairs Manager.
Gary has a B.S. degree from Montana Tech - The University of Montana and a M.S. degree from Texas A&M University. Gary and his family live near Phoenix, Arizona. Gary is an active volunteer in the local community and he is currently serving as Past-President of the Chandler Education Foundation Board of Directors.
Hosam joined Intel straight out of the University of Maryland with a degree in computer engineering. After a stint in validation, Hosam was selected to join Intel’s premier rotation program. Great gig because of the many ways he got to show the human benefits of technology. Hosam has worked for the Emerging Markets Platform Group on the ClassmatePC as well as the Intel World Ahead team on solution architecture and strategy. He also managed programs such as the Inspire*Empower Challenge for now-Retired Chairman Craig Barrett.
Hosam is passionate about making technology work for people, whether in the villages of rural Egypt and Kenya, or by developing sustainable business models with government officials and company executives from emerging markets.
When not busy evangelizing technology for societal benefits, Hosam goes fishing and hiking and loves to cook.
Julie Clugage is the Alliances Manager for the Emerging Markets Platform Group at Intel, where she works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), development agencies, foundations and governments to scale Intel’s efforts to improve education through the effective use of technology. In her previous role, Julie was Technical Assistant (Chief of Staff) to the Vice President of the Intel Corporate Affairs Group, supporting executive communications on Intel’s education, environment and CSR efforts, and driving education alliances with development agencies and NGOs. Prior to joining Intel in 2002, Julie worked for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC from 1996 to 2000. She also worked for two years in rural Guatemala at a teacher training high school for Mayan youth and served as a legislative assistant for former U.S. Congressman Leon Panetta. Julie holds a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and an AB in Government and Economics from Dartmouth College.
Kiesha Cochrane joined Intel in 2008 as a part of the Consumer and Social Media Relations team, responsible for the company’s consumer PR and social media outreach in Intel’s Global Communications Group.
A northwest native, Kiesha grew up in the Seattle area. She graduated from Portland State University in Portland Ore., with a B.A. in Communications. Prior to joining the Intel family, Kiesha worked in television news at the local CBS affiliate (KOIN) in Portland. Most recently, Kiesha worked as PR Associate at an international sportswear company also based in Portland.
Outside of work, Kiesha is a super facebooker and digg.com addict. She is also as a huge sports fan (go Seahawks!), loves to travel, spend time outdoors and enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Lila Ibrahim is general manager of the Emerging Markets Platform Group (EMPG) for Intel Corporation. She is responsible for leading the research, definition, development and marketing of technology platforms specifically designed for emerging markets. One of these solutions is the Intel-powered classmate PC, a reference design for elementary schools students based on years of ethnographic research around the world. Under Lila’s leadership, EMPG launched the Intel® Learning Series, a comprehensive initiative that integrates hardware, software and services designed specifically for education. The Intel Learning Series supports local technology companies that customize products and services in their own country, innovating in and around the classmate PC reference design to enhance and improve students’ experiences with technology.
Previously, Ibrahim served as chief of staff to Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, responsible for assisting him in the technical, program and public aspects of his role with Intel and the United Nations. During this time, Ibrahim led the Digital Village Initiative to deliver technology projects which advanced Education, Health and e-Governance from the Amazon to Africa. Read more.
General Manager, Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel Corporation;
President, Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Lorie Wigle leads Intel’s Eco-Technology effort which is focused on the sustainable manufacturing and usage of Intel’s products. This corporate-wide function drives Intel’s market position across energy efficient performance and design for the environment. In this capacity Lorie also drives external programs related to client, server and data center efforts including Intel’s participation in Green Grid and the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Prior to this position, Lorie was the Director of Server Technology and Initiatives Marketing for Intel. In that role, she and her team were responsible for Intel Virtualization Technology offerings as well as Intel Dynamic Power Technology and other advanced platform capabilities. Her organization also drove industry engagement on memory and I/O for server platforms. Lorie has been with Intel for 24 years in a wide variety of Marketing and Product Planning roles and was the General Manager of Intel’s Internet Imaging Services group. She has an MBA from Portland State University and a BA degree from the University of Oregon.
Lucy Kuria has been at Intel since 2006 working as a Product Development Engineer on various Chipset products. When she is not debugging designs in their pre-Silicon or post-Silicon state, Lucy spends some of her free time volunteering through the Intel Involved program in Arizona, and loves encouraging students to be excited about Math and Science. Lucy is excited about the opportunity to volunteer in her home country with the Intel Education Service Corps. She grew up in Kenya and even though she did not know what engineering was at the time, moved to the US to study Electrical Engineering. Lucy holds a BSc in Electrical Enginering from Lafayette College, and an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University. Lucy worked as a Hardware Engineer in the Philadelphia area for 7 years before joining Intel.
Manisha Shah is a Worldwide Marketing Manager for Intel’s strategic philanthropy, the Intel Education Initiative. The initiative is a significant and long term committment to improving teaching and learning through the effective use of technology as well as advancing math, science and engineering education. Manisha works with Intel’s education managers around the world to communicate about Intel’s education programs with educators, governments and other stakeholders.
Since joining Intel in 1998, Manisha has held several marketing positions. Manisha has an MBA from Cornell University where she helped lead the Net Impact group and created first the Johnson School Community Service Day. She also has a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Economics from UC Davis. She is passionate about entrepreneurial education models for public education such as charter schools as well as math and science education for girls. She enjoys being a mom and is an active volunteer in local schools.
Marisa Ahmad is the Global Marketing Manager for Environment and Policy within Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group where she is responsible for strategic marketing and program plans.
Marisa joined Intel in 2005 as a Business Development Manager for energy efficient system architectures in Intel’s Corporate Technology Group. Her Intel journey continued to the Visual Computing Group where she was a Strategic Planner responsible for the desktop graphics strategy and game console strategy and program management (go Larrabee!). Prior to joining Intel, Marisa was a Product Manager at ATI Technologies managing their performance, mainstream and server discrete graphics products. She has also held a variety of marketing and technical positions in Samsung, Aeroplan (Air Canada), Natural Resources Canada, Semiconductor Insights and Nortel Networks.
Marisa was born in Cambridge, England and lived in a tiny village called Byfield then a large industrial suburb called Croydon in England before moving to Canada when she lived in Ottawa, Montréal and Toronto before relocating to Portland, Oregon, USA. She graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada with a BSc in Biology & Psychology in 1997 and an MBA in Strategic Management & Marketing. She speaks English and French, loves hockey and Montréal bagels and kills houseplants in her spare time.
Dr. Martina Roth is Director of Intel’s Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy.
Dr. Roth joined Intel in 1997 as Program Manager for “Kids and Creativity” at Intel’s Content Group, managing Intel Software Developers throughout Europe and providing leading edge Education content to the school and after school market. From 1999 to 2002 she led the Intel Education Programs for Central Europe, especially Teacher Professional Development, Math Science and Higher Education. From 2002 to 2007 she was Director of the Intel® Education Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and responsible for the development and implementation of Intel’s Education Programs in the region, covering approximately 50 countries on three continents.
Prior to joining Intel Corporation, Dr. Roth was Methodic Director of the Management Training Center at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Germany; Marketing and Multimedia Instructor at 3V Multimedia in Munich, Germany; Lecturer and Scientific Collaborator at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany.
Dr. Roth holds a M.A. in Pedagogy and a Ph.D. in Philology from the University of Jena, Germany. She received an additional qualification as Media-Didactic and Lecturer for Learning Systems in Munich, holds a Certificate for Market Strategy at INSEAD, Fontainebleau/France and Entrepreneurship from UC Berkley/US.
Michael Jacobson is director of Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Office. In this role, he is responsible for leading Intel’s corporate responsibility strategy with stakeholders across the company. He has an experienced team of experts in corporate social responsibility, strategic alliances, marketing and communications, stakeholder management and reporting who are committed to building upon Intel’s performance as a leading corporate citizen.
Prior to this position Michael managed Intel’s Corporate team in California and Texas where he was responsible for leading corporate responsibility programs, philanthropic investments and public policy. Michael also worked in Intel’s Corporate Real Estate and Site Development Group as a site selection manager. In this capacity, Michael was responsible for evaluating locations across the globe for potential Intel investment.
Jacobson came to Intel from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce where he was a director of business development. During his four-year tenure with the Chamber, Fort Worth ranked in the top ten in the United States for business recruitment. Intel was one of the companies that he helped recruit to Fort Worth.
Jacobson joined the Chamber after serving eight years in Washington D.C. He held positions as assistant to the deputy secretary for management planning and operations for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, special assistant to the Commissioner for the Social Security Administration and special assistant to the Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
Jacobson received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Baylor University in 1984.
Paige Johnson, Global Manager of K-12 education for Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group, is responsible for the Intel® Teach Program. A worldwide professional development initiative that helps educators integrate computer technology effectively and promote 21st century skills, this research-proven program has trained more than 6 million teachers in over 50 countries. Under her management, the curriculum remains on the leading edge of education needs and provides a series of innovative teacher productivity and thinking tools, free for educators at www.intel.com/education.
Paige Johnson has been named to the Steering Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board on Technological Literacy. The committee is comprised of experts who are in a position to define the new framework and test specifications for the 2012 NAEP Technological Literacy assessment.
Paige has also served for three years on the International Society of Technology and Education’s (ISTE) advisory board for the NETs standards. This work provides a framework for ICT literacy for students, teachers and administrators in the US.
As the past Chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Board, Paige led a coalition of business, education and policymakers that has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education.
Paige holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Willamette University and a Masters Degree in Science Education from Portland State University. She has over a decade of experience successfully envisioning, launching, scaling, and evaluating education programs. She sees technology as a critical tool to access, organize and analyze information, and to communicate and collaborate with others to create new innovations that add value to peoples’ lives - and is a focal point, aligning experts from all fields toward her vision of 21st century teaching and learning
Peter Broffman is manager of Informal Education in Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group. Peter is also worldwide program manager for the Intel® Learn Program, which reaches more than 250,000 young learners each year. Over the course of his career with Intel, Peter has served as Executive Director of the Intel Foundation, K-12 Education Manager, and was program manager for the Intel® Teach Getting Started and Intel® Teach Skills for Success courses. He has been involved in initiating many of Intel’s key education programs, including Intel® Teach, the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network, and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Prior to his work with Intel, Peter managed Social Policy for Security Pacific Bank in Seattle, WA. He was responsible for the bank’s corporate charitable and business contributions, scholarship programs, and community relations. Peter has a law degree, and spent eight years as a consultant to government and the private sector on employee rights in the workplace, employment discrimination, and youth employment and training.
Revital Bitan is Intel’s Corporate Responsibility leader in EMEA region. She has worked at Intel in various capacities since 1987, including, marketing, communication and community relations roles. Before her current role, Revital served as Intel Israel’s CSR manager. She developed Intel Israel’s initial CSR strategy and worked across Intel and with local CSR organizations to spearhead the CSR concept. Throughout her career at Intel, Revital has driven numerous local community projects and national education programs to promote bridging the digital divide. Revital believes that women frequently serve as the catalysts for creating positive social change. She participated in Harvard University’s program ‘Women and Power - Leadership in the New World’. Revital holds MBA from the Haifa University, Israel.
Shelly Esque is a vice president in the Legal and Corporate Affairs group and director of Corporate Affairs for Intel. In this role she oversees a staff that manages corporate social responsibility, education, media relations, government and community affairs programs. Her global team, in more than 30 countries, works to enhance Intel’s position as the world’s leading technology brand in business and corporate citizenship.
Esque joined Intel in 1996 as manager of Public Affairs for the Arizona site. In 2002 she assumed responsibility for Public Affairs in the United States, and in 2004 her role was expanded to include oversight of the worldwide Public Affairs organization as well as Intel’s corporate social responsibility functions. Following the formation of the Corporate Affairs Group in 2006, Esque assumed broader responsibilities including the management of Intel’s various education programs around the world.
From 1990 to1996 Esque served as public affairs director for the Clerk of the Superior Court in Maricopa County, Ariz., and from 1984 to 1990 she led all aspects of operations for a small executive recruiting and market research firm focused on the auto industry.
Sovinti Johnson has been with Intel since 1993. He started his career with the participating in the ramp up of Fab 11 in manufacturing. Sovinti then transfer to Fab 6 where he held a number of positions in manufacturing including being on the Fab 6 closure team. For the pass several years Sovinti has held positions in ATD planning and Fab 12 manufacturing. Sovinti has a strong passion for serving the needs of others both in his community in Arizona and overseas in places such as Uganda. He feels that there is a strong need to bridge the technology gap and the PC classmate is will help in closing the gap.
Susan Faulkner is a Research Scientist and video ethnographer in Digital Home’s User Experience Group. She holds an MA in documentary film and video production from Stanford University and a BA in comparative literature from Brown University. She began working as a video ethnographer in Silicon Valley at Interval Research Corporation in 1993, and joined Intel in 2005. At Intel Susan’s research has primarily focused on media creation and consumption. She has led an ethnographically-inspired research project about the passionate creators of user-generated content, explored the reasons why some TV enthusiasts are deciding to cut their cable or satellite cord, investigated consumers’ attitudes toward receiving a more personalized TV experience in exchange for revealing personal information, and looked at how viewers are using advanced interactive TV capabilities in three major global markets. Past work has ranged from documenting how girls play for the research project that became the computer game company Purple Moon, to a study of teen culture, behavior and values at the traveling music festival Lollapalooza. For Intel Susan has conducted research studies in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Spain, France, South Korea, Japan, China, and Brazil.
Suzanne Fallender is Intel’s Director of CSR Strategy & Communications. Suzanne manages the production of Intel’s annual corporate responsibility report and works with a number of groups across the company to integrate corporate responsibility information into both internal and external communications. Suzanne has more than 14 years of experience in the fields of corporate responsibility and corporate governance research and communications. Previously, Suzanne was Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services (now RiskMetrics Group), where she was director of the company’s socially responsible investing group.
Suzanne has an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Outside Intel, Suzanne enjoys photography, music and the Phoenix Suns and currently serves on the board of directors of the Tempe Community Council and Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability. Follow Suzanne on twitter @sfallender and on www.justmeans.com.
Suzanne LeGette is an Internet Marketing Specialist on the Web Marketing team, responsible for the CAG suite of web sites on Intel.com. Suzanne became infatuated with the possibilities of world wide communication via the internet as the 20th Century came to a close. Returning to school to hone her digital communication and marketing skills, she received a BA in 2003 from California State University, Sacramento, with a major in Journalism, a minor in marketing and a Certificate in Web Page Management. She spent her final semester at CSUS doing an internship with Intel in the Public Affairs department, as it was then known.
After graduation, Suzanne was the sole proprietor of her own digital marketing firm, returning to Intel in 2007. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her two sons, her tribe of friends, and adventures in the wilderness.
Wendy Hawkins is Executive Director of the Intel Foundation; she also develops and drives strategic engagements for the Intel Education initiative. She is responsible for launching Intel Teach, a teacher professional development program which has trained more than 5,000,000 in over 40 countries on all continents (yes, Antarctica included!).
William A. Swope is corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s Corporate Sustainability Group. In this role, he is responsible for driving Intel’s environmental efforts in the areas of policy, operations and products. Swope works with stakeholders across the company to ensure that Intel continues to build upon its industry leadership in sustainability.
Since joining Intel in 1979, Swope has held numerous roles including corporate affairs leadership, manufacturing technology planning, strategic product planning and product management. Swope was director of Digital Enterprise Brand Management, and prior to that he was general manager of the Software and Solutions Group (SSG), reporting to the president and chief operating officer of Intel. In that capacity he managed the software products and enabling efforts within SSG. From 1993 to 1995, Swope was the general manager of the Intel® Pentium® Pro processor team. Swope was promoted to vice president in 1996 and corporate vice president in 2003.
Swope received his bachelor’s degree in applied physics from Tufts College. He earned his master’s degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Swope serves on the board of directors for Rim Semiconductor, Inc.
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