Lloyd Gauthier Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, CO, US

It's been a great career and it's time to step away from the corporate world and focus on the family and living life. Never having been a great fan of golf, I'll continue to mountain bike and hike, Jeep the 4x4 trails, and I'm picking up chess playing tournaments again after a 40 year hiatus.

San Jose, CA, US

Developing the next generation of storage solutions.

Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Austin Ridge Riders Mountain Bike Club 501(c) Non-Profit Organization. Responsible for all aspects of marketing the ARR to the riders and land managers in Central Texas to develop a world class mountain biking community and trail system by promoting enjoyment of the sport, education, advocacy, and trail.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Successfully led the cross-company team with a $40M R&D budget and $1B+ revenue on an aggressive schedule for an APU through Concept and Plan Exit, driving all aspects of the program including: architecture.
• Implemented an aggressive schedule to close performance and cost issues for Concept Exit. Identified gaps in program and resolved issues with a focus on customer needs and maximizing AMD revenue.
• Addressed a performance shortfall with extensive feature negotiations and alignment between technical capability, resource constraints, and market needs. Competencies: Design manager, computer development, technical.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Developed and led a worldwide R&D engineering organization of 200+ employees for the design of server and client solutions and silicon validation for AMD's CPU/APUs. Drove all aspects of system design: design rules and.
• Built and led the global R&D design centers in North America and Asia, balancing the demands of time to market, development and product cost, quality, resources, and scope. Fostered relationships and developed.
• Developed server and client solutions for AMD's Bobcat, Jaguar, & Bulldozer processors that surpassed customer expectations and successfully launched in the market windows. Redesigned the validation of systems to focus.
• Developed and maintained relationships with ODM's & partners to develop key component infrastructure for the system solution. Resolved technical and business issues to ensure the successful launch of products.
• Led the planning of system development and validation of the APU's for the PlayStation 4 and XBOX One. Implemented changes to AMD's standard development and validation processes to align with customer needs and.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Drove design of new server and client CPU and chipset motherboards with large cross-functional R&D teams in the US, Canada, and China. Developed Validation methodology and executed on new silicon to test the entire.
• Led the integration of ATI graphics people, process, & technology with AMD's teams resulting a strong cohesive organization that delivered the first APU which combined CPU and graphics in one chip.
• Developed server and client systems for AMD's Athlon, Opteron, Phenom and Turion processors.
• Decreased customer issues generation over generation by developing initiatives to align AMD design and validation to OEM's needs. Competencies: Design manager, computer development, technical leadership, program.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Led the team in the development of client reference designs for AMD's first 64 bit Athlon CPU’s as well as growing the team to deliver end to end engineering responsibility for architecture, validation, issue.
• Successfully launched AMD's first 64 bit, integrated memory controller Athlon CPU with complete reference designs to enable the shortest time to market for our OEM'sCompetencies: Design manager, computer development.

Santa Clara, California, US

• Built and led the team responsible for all of EPD's 386 & 486 system on a chip silicon validation, documentation, platform designs, and customer enablement.
• Drove the team in the development of the first handheld 486 system to demonstrate the capabilities of AMD's silicon, this led to many OEM design wins for our silicon
• Successfully launched the Nokia 9110 Communicator via extensive design and technical support of the customer. This product used the Élan SC450 processor and was one of the first smart phones in the market.Competencies.

US

• Managed custom IC definition, design and development for use in ZDS's Computers. As an engineer I designed several notebook computers in the early years of the portable PC.
• Architect, design, debug, and production of silicon and 386 & 486 based laptop and notebook computers.
• Extensive interaction with ODM's in Taiwan to produce the systemsCompetencies: Design manager, computer development, technical leadership, program manager, global organizational development, global team leadership.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Hard Drive development for Personal Computers, responsible for test and analysis of disks to improve the quality of IBM's products