Bob Rivet
Chief Operations and Administrative Officer

Robert J. Rivet is executive vice president and chief operations and administrative officer of AMD. He is also acting chief financial officer until AMD names a replacement.

Rivet oversees AMD’s key centralized functions, including the company’s finance, supply chain including final manufacturing operations, human resources, and information technology organizations.

Rivet joined AMD in 2000 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Immediately prior to joining AMD, Rivet served as senior vice president and director of finance of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, now an independent corporation called Freescale. The Semiconductor Business Sector was Motorola’s second-largest business segment, with more than $8 billion in sales and 34,000 employees worldwide.

A 24-year veteran of Motorola, Rivet has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry, having served in a number of positions in Motorola semiconductor operations, Rivet joined Motorola in 1976.

Rivet received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Northern Illinois University, his C.P.A. from the University of Illinois, and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Rivet and his wife, Cynthia, live in Austin, Texas, and are the parents of two children, Scott and Lauren.