Rajan Naik
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Rajan Naik is senior vice president and chief strategy officer, reporting to president and chief executive officer Rory Read. Prior to joining AMD in January 2012, he was a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s high-tech practice.
Naik is responsible for AMD’s short-and long-term strategy development, including market opportunities, strategic partnerships and investment strategies. Prior to joining AMD, he spent 11 years at McKinsey, where he provided counsel to various companies in the technology and telecom industries.
Prior to his tenure at McKinsey, Mr. Naik worked as a senior engineer at Intel Corporation. Prior to Intel, he was a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies.
He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Cornell University and a PhD in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is based primarily in Austin, TX.