Emilio Ghilardi is senior vice president and chief sales officer of AMD. He is responsible for leading the company’s global sales organization, which manages AMD’s customer relationships to drive worldwide revenue and profitability growth.
Ghilardi joined AMD in 2008, bringing more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience in the IT industry. He was previously senior vice president and general manager for AMD EMEA, responsible for driving revenue and profit growth in the EMEA region, while managing all regional sales and marketing activities. He assumed his current position in January 2009.
Prior to joining AMD, Ghilardi was vice president and general manager of HP’s EMEA Consumer Go-to-Market Business Unit, managing a multi-billion dollar consumer PC and imaging and printing business. Prior to that position, Ghilardi was vice president and general manager responsible for HP’s EMEA Commercial Printing and Imaging categories as well as the vice president and general manager responsible for HP’s EMEA Consumer PC Product categories. Ghilardi, who joined HP in 1982, served as chairman of HP Italy’s Board of Directors from 2001 through 2008 in addition to holding several other management positions during his 25-year tenure at HP.
Ghilardi holds a master’s degree in electronic engineering from Italy’s Politecnico di Torino. He resides in Austin, Texas.