Profile: Bill Calder

Bill Calder is a corporate communications manager with a long history developing PR and communications strategies around various Intel technologies and initiatives. He has been with Intel for 14yrs serving in public affairs and corporate communications and always with an eye on the media. Calder has worked on a variety of projects over the years from Intel’s initial move into consumer electronics, to mobile technology, networking, silicon manufacturing, environmental health and safety, and more. Recently Calder was instrumental in developing the strategy and the communications behind the announcement of the Intel® Atom™ processor brand and for establishing a new category of low-cost devices based on Atom known as “netbooks” and “nettops.”

Prior to joining Intel, Calder worked in the U.S. Senate as press secretary to Senator Mark O. Hatfield. Prior to that, he spent several years as a journalist working for the Portland Oregonian and the Eugene Register-Guard.