AMD NAMES FREDERICK MAPP VICE PRESIDENT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
SUNNYVALE, CA--JUNE 6, 2000--AMD today announced the
appointment of Frederick Mapp as vice president of information technology and
chief information officer. Mapp will report to Hector Ruiz, AMD president and
chief operating officer. As CIO, Mapp will oversee AMD's information technology
and business systems organizations.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Fred Mapp to
AMD," said Ruiz. "He brings over 30 years experience in the area of
information systems, customer support, and consulting services. He has developed
his expertise in a wide range of information technology positions, service, and
support related areas. I'm confident he will be a strong leader in these
critical areas for AMD."
Mapp has held a number of key executive IT positions at
American Express, Quality Service Solutions, InfoSpan, and IBM. Immediately
prior to joining AMD, Mapp was vice president of information technology at
Honeywell Corporation for the Industrial Automation Controls Division located in
Phoenix, Arizona. In this position he provided information systems solutions,
applications services, and support to over 4000 employees.
Prior to Honeywell, Mapp created a technology strategy to
develop new services for the American Express corporate card. At American
Express he re-engineered the information technology organization, implementing
new processes and procedures to speed up time to market of new applications. He
also began building the infrastructure to support the migration from legacy
systems to client server.
At InfoSpan, a start-up client server software development
company, Mapp designed the total customer services infrastructure that included
information systems, technical support, customer call center, education, quality
assurance, documentation, product distribution, and consulting services.
As an IBM executive, Mapp managed multi-billion dollar service
and technical support organizations as well as implementing hardware and
software support centers utilizing the latest in information technology
applications. In 1990 he successfully instituted quality improvements systems
and process change management disciplines and led one of the support
organizations recognized with the coveted Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award.