Gilles Garcia

Senior Director Business lead Data Center and Communications Group at AMD

Gilles Garcia is the Data Center and Communications Group Business lead Senior Director at AMD. He was previously Wired and Wireless group Comms Business Lead Senior Director at Xilinx. He has more than 35 years’ experience in the networking/telecom field. Prior to AMD & Xilinx, he was Director of Marketing and Communications for AppliedMicro in 2006 and Director of the Switch Fabric Business Unit in 2003. He also worked for IBM for 19 years, including four years as Strategic Marketing Manager of the IBM Micro-electronics division, where he was in charge of managing the switch fabric business. Gilles’s work experience includes managing global accounts, Distribution customers, customer wins, P&L, strategic direction and investment, operator engagements and corporate marketing and communications.