AMD India announced the appointment of Ramkumar Subramanian as, sales and marketing vice president for India and SAARC region.
Ramkumar will be based in Bangalore and report to Ian Williams, AMD’s corporate vice president for the Asia-Pacific region. His responsibilities include collaborating with AMD India’s managing director, Dasaradha Gude, to drive AMD’s aggressive growth plans for the region and strengthening the company’s relationships with customers, partners, government and education audiences.
Ramkumar has more than 12 years of engineering and corporate development experience in varied positions at AMD. Ramkumar previously was a senior member of the Technology Development Group. Most recently, he was director of corporate development, responsible for initiatives in China, Brazil and Russia.
“Ramkumar has consistently demonstrated a proven track record of business skills in emerging markets such as China and Brazil,” said Ian Williams. “He is uniquely qualified to steer AMD India during this next, very significant phase of expansion.”
On his appointment, Ramkumar said, “It is a great time to be back in India in such an exciting position, and I see this as an opportunity to build on the several achievements of the team. I can use my experience and relationships to strengthen India’s global presence and AMD’s continued success.”In his previous role as director of Corporate Development, Ramkumar was a part of several strategic initiatives, such as orchestrating the growth strategy for AMD in China, Brazil and other high-growth markets. An accomplished engineer, Ramkumar is an inventor of more than one hundred of AMD’s patents and pending applications in semiconductor process technology.
Ramkumar holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Michigan State University, an MBA from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli.