Ahmed Mahmoud is the Chief Information Officer of AMD, and is responsible for managing the company’s global technology infrastructure to best meet internal needs and serve AMD’s customers. Ahmed joined AMD in 2008, bringing more than 20 years of enterprise information technology (IT) leadership experience. Most recently, he spent 13 years at Dell, where he served as vice president of IT. During his time there, he led a series of transformational efforts across its data warehousing, virtual storefront, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate computing operations. Ahmed also held various IT leadership and instruction positions at Eastman Kodak, The University of Houston and Texas A&M University. Less   View all posts

Michael F. Corbett is one of the best-known experts in the field of outsourcing and Chairman of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) – www.outsourcingprofessional.org. IAOP is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. Michael is author of The Outsourcing Revolution: Why It Makes Sense and How to Do It Right, which John Sculley, former CEO Apple Computer, calls a “clear and compelling roadmap (that) leads the reader through the systemic reinvention of work.” Michael speaks regularly on outsourcing as a management practice and on its impact on the global economy and global employment. In 1996, he was an expert witness on outsourcing at hearings called by President Bill Clinton and, in 2002, was invited to testify before the Office of Management and Budget’s Commercial Activities Panel tasked with redefining the Federal government’s outsourcing policies and practices. Mr. Corbett has worked with organizations as diverse as American Express, Bell Canada, the U.S. Department of the Navy, EDS, GlaxoSmithKline, Hallmark, IKON, Pitney Bowes, Sentara Healthcare, CB Richard Ellis Unisys, Xerox, India’s NASSCOM, and the People’s Republic of China. Less   View all posts