Bob Rivet is executive vice president and chief operations and administrative officer of AMD. Rivet oversees AMD’s key centralized functions, including the company’s supply chain operations, human resources, and information technology organizations.
Rivet joined AMD in 2000 as senior vice president and chief financial officer.
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 a master’s degree in business from the University of Texas at Austin. Rivet, his wife and their children live in Austin, Texas.