AMD Hires Thomas Zacharia to Expand Strategic AI Relationships
05 March 2024 - 9:00AM
Today AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that Thomas Zacharia has joined
AMD as senior vice president of strategic technology partnerships
and public policy. Zacharia will lead the global expansion of AMD
public/private relationships with governments, non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) and other organizations to help fast-track the
deployment of customized AMD-powered AI solutions to meet rapidly
growing number of global projects and applications targeting the
deployment of AI for the public good.
“Thomas is a distinguished leader with decades of experience
successfully creating public/private partnerships that have
resulted in consistently deploying the world’s most powerful and
advanced computing solutions, including the world’s fastest
supercomputer Frontier,” said AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su. “As the
former Director of the U.S.’s largest multi-program science and
energy research lab, Thomas is uniquely positioned to leverage his
extensive experience advancing the frontiers of science and
technology to help countries around the world deploy AMD-powered AI
solutions for the public good.”
“After spending 35 years at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, I
knew I wanted to apply my experience and capabilities to help drive
the adoption of HPC and AI technologies to make a positive impact
for the globe. As well, getting to work with the AMD team for the
launch of Frontier, I saw first-hand the capabilities of AMD
leadership team and its leadership technology solutions,” said
Zacharia. “Now I get to leverage my extensive experience in
science, AI and public policy, while working with the amazing AMD
team to create impactful technologies and solutions that will make
a global impact for countries and organizations around the
world.”
Zacharia is a distinguished industry leader with extensive
experience in scientific research, technology development, public
policy and strategic public/private partnerships. He spent 35 years
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, leaving there as the director
that oversaw the creation and implementation of the AMD-powered
Frontier supercomputer; the first supercomputer to break the
Exascale barrier. Frontier is powered by AMD EPYC™ processors and
AMD Instinct™ accelerators and has been the fastest supercomputer
in the world, according to the Top500 list, since May of 2022.
Frontier has won multiple Gordon Bell Awards for outstanding
science and continues to push the boundaries of science and AI for
healthcare, materials, energy and more.
Zacharia holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India, an
M.S. in materials science from the University of Mississippi in
Oxford, Mississippi, and a Ph.D. in engineering science from
Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. While at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, he led critical multi-institutional research
efforts, including the Exascale Computing Project, Quantum Science
Center, and Center for BioEnergy Innovation. He also drove a
focused attention on the application of science to national
security challenges with creation of a new National Security
Sciences Directorate.
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