AMD公司周一(1月10日)宣布,該公司總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官(CEO)Dirk Meyer已經(jīng)辭職,Meyer出任AMD高層管理人員共兩年時間。這一消息導(dǎo)致AMD股價在周一美國股市的盤后交易中下跌超過4%。
AMD公司的首席財政官(CFO)兼高級副總裁Thomas Seifert已被任命為公司臨時CEO。
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Meyer與AMD的緣分開始于1996年,當(dāng)年他被任命為AMD Athlon處理器開發(fā)項目技術(shù)總監(jiān),三年后被提升為計算產(chǎn)品部門(CPG)工程副總裁,隨后于2001年被任命為CPG部門副總裁;2002年被提升為 CPG高級副總裁兼AMD執(zhí)行官員之一。2004年,Meyer被提升為CPG執(zhí)行副總裁,2005年又被任命為AMD微處理器解決方案部門總裁兼首席運營官。2006年,Meyer被提升為AMD總裁兼首席運營官。2008年7月Meyer接替Hector Ruiz成為AMD公司CEO。
AMD表示,Meyer周一與該公司董事會達(dá)成一份“共同協(xié)議”之后辭職。
在一份聲明中,AMD公司董事會主席Bruce Claflin在一份公告中稱:“Meyer在困難時期就任AMD CEO。他成功地穩(wěn)定了AMD,同時完成了一些戰(zhàn)略舉措?!彼岬搅薓eyer在AMD分拆芯片制造業(yè)務(wù),建立GlobalFoundries過程中扮演的角色,解決與英特爾之間糾紛時起到的作用,以及推出了新的Fusion系列芯片。但Claflin表示,委員會相信領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層的變更將幫助AMD公司利用這個機會為股東們創(chuàng)造更多的價值。
AMD發(fā)言人的Drew Prairie則表示:“這一舉措與財務(wù)、技術(shù)和執(zhí)行問題無關(guān)。董事會只是認(rèn)為,這是在正確時間做出的正確決定?!?
不過,Wedbsuh分析師Patrick Wang表示,考慮到Meyer在AMD轉(zhuǎn)型中扮演的重要角色,他的離職“令人震驚”。他表示:“Meyer離職的時機非常微妙,尤其考慮到他已大幅提升AMD股價?!彼瑫r表示:“在過去幾個季度中,我們看見AMD的執(zhí)行非常協(xié)調(diào)。我們或許永遠(yuǎn)不會知道,AMD董事會為什么不看好Meyer。”
“由于事發(fā)突然,而事實上也沒有過渡期,顯然是因為Meyer和AMD董事會對于某些事情存在不同觀點并且無法達(dá)成一致。”技術(shù)投資通訊Next Inning技術(shù)研究公司的編輯Paul McWilliams在上周一發(fā)布的一篇定制報告中表示。McWilliams說他沒有足夠的背景資料來猜測事件的細(xì)節(jié),但對于Meyer,他說:“總的來說,根據(jù)他任期的表現(xiàn),對于現(xiàn)在的結(jié)果我還是很高興的?!?
同樣在周一,AMD公司稱,初步結(jié)果表明,該公司第四季度的銷售大約為16.5億美元,環(huán)比增長了2%,毛利率約45%。這個總數(shù)將超越雅虎財經(jīng)上大多數(shù)分析師關(guān)于AMD第四季度預(yù)期的16.2億美元。
AMD表示,該公司已經(jīng)組成了一個CEO遴選委員會,由Claflin領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。Claflin被任命為過渡期董事會的執(zhí)行主席。Seifert將繼續(xù)他目前擔(dān)任CFO的職責(zé),并被要求不考慮正式CEO位置。
據(jù)AMD消息,Seifert是2009年加盟AMD公司的,擁有超過20年的綜合管理、全球業(yè)務(wù)及財務(wù)管理經(jīng)驗。此前,他曾在奇夢達(dá)(Qimonda AG)公司擔(dān)任CFO和COO,他在推動公司IPO上立功。隨后Seifert又在英飛凌無線業(yè)務(wù)集團擔(dān)任過高級副總裁和總經(jīng)理。
Seifert在聲明中說:“AMD帶著重大的產(chǎn)品和利好的業(yè)績進入2011年。談及我們今年的路線,包括Llano APU和32納米Bulldozer處理器,這些都在走上正軌。我相信,通過我們即將推出的產(chǎn)品,在一些關(guān)鍵細(xì)分市場,我們有明顯的機會鞏固領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地位?!?
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CEO Meyer resigns from AMD
Dylan McGrath
Dirk Meyer, president and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., has resigned from the company after two years as its top executive, AMD said Monday (Jan. 10).
Thomas Seifert, AMD's chief financial officer and senior vice president, has been appointed interim CEO of AMD, the company said.
Meyer took the reins at AMD in July 2008, succeeding longtime chief Hector Ruiz. He first joined AMD in 1996.
AMD said Monday that Meyer resigned after reaching a "mutual agreement" with the company's board of directors.
In a statement, Bruce Claflin, chairman of AMD's board of directors, said the board believed a change in leadership was required to help AMD capitalize on the opportunity to "create increased shareholder value over time."
"Given the abruptness of the departure, and the fact there is no transition period, it's pretty obvious Meyer and the AMD board came to loggerheads over something fairly substantial," said Paul McWilliams, editor of the technology investment newsletter Next Inning Technology Research, in a report to subscribers circulated late Monday. McWilliams said he didn't have enough background to guess about the specifics, but said of Meyer, "on balance, I was happy with the results he produced during his tenure."
Also Monday, AMD said preliminary results indicated that the company's fourth quarter sales increased 2 percent sequentially to about $1.65 billion. This total would exceed consensus analysts' expectations, which called for fourth quarter revenue of about $1.62 billion, according to Yahoo Finance.
AMD said it has formed a CEO search committee, led by Claflin, who has been named executive chairman of the board as he assumes additional oversight responsibilities during the transition period. Seifert will maintain his current responsibilities as CFO and has asked not to be considered for the permanent CEO position, AMD said.
Seifert joined AMD in 2009 and has more than 20 years of general management, global operations and financial management experience, according to AMD. He previously served as CFO and chief operating officer at Qimonda AG.
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