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10 AMD procurement leaders
These ten current and former AMD procurement leaders have held director, senior director, corporate vice president and senior vice president roles in procurement, purchasing and manufacturing strategy at AMD. A reader can learn how procurement leaders work at AMD from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Abhijit K.
LinkedInExperience: Director | Manufacturing Strategy & Procurement · AMD
Director | Manufacturing Strategy & Procurement at AMD since November 2024 and Director of Procurement at AMD from May to November 2024, in Austin, Texas. Abhijit K. held Global Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Leader at Intuitive from 2019 to 2024 and Global Sourcing Leader at Facebook from 2017 to 2018.
Derek Chen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Procurement · AMD
Senior Director, Procurement at AMD since April 2025, based in Taipei, in the operations department at director level. Derek Chen held Executive Director, Global Supply Chain at ZT Systems from 2016 to 2025, Director of Business Development at Lenovo from 2014 to 2016 and key accounts sales roles at Quanta Computer from 2005 to 2014.
Garry Christie
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Procurement · AMD
Senior Director, Procurement at AMD from 2010 to 2021 and now Corporate Vice President at AMD, in Austin, Texas. Garry Christie held director roles at Freescale Semiconductor, now part of NXP, from 2006 to 2010, and the profile summary cites supply chain executive positions at multi-billion companies and expertise across the source-to-pay process.
Hsiao-Yu Chiang
LinkedInExperience: Director, Platform Procurement · AMD
Director, Platform Procurement at AMD since July 2026 and Strategic Sourcing Sr. Manager at AMD since April 2025, with the profile listing spending analysis for executive teams and strategic sourcing and new product introduction for datacenter platform parts. Hsiao-Yu Chiang held a Procurement role at ZT Systems from 2015 to 2025 and Procurement Global PBCA Council Lead at IBM from 2007 to 2015.
Jenny Tsai
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Corporate Purchasing · AMD
Senior Director Corporate Purchasing at AMD since February 2012, based in Taiwan, in the operations department at director level. Jenny Tsai held Sourcer Sr. Manager at Altek Corporation from 2002 to 2012. The profile names corporate purchasing, purchasing and sourcing among the areas of work.
Justin Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Foundry Procurement · AMD
Senior Director, Foundry Procurement at AMD since November 2020, in Austin, Texas. Justin Anderson held Sales - Account Manager at GlobalFoundries from 2009 to 2020, sales operations manager roles at Spansion from 2006 to 2009 and Technical Sales Representative at AMD from 2004 to 2005.
Kent Wissman
LinkedInExperience: Director Global Indirect Procurement · AMD
Director Global Indirect Procurement at AMD from 2018 to 2023, with indirect procurement manager and senior procurement manager roles at AMD from 2009 to 2018 and Sr Lead Source Manager IT Services at AMD from 2008 to 2009. Kent Wissman is now Vice President Procurement at Serverfarm, in Austin, Texas.
Scott Aylor
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Manufacturing Strategy and Procurement · AMD
Senior Vice President Manufacturing Strategy and Procurement at AMD since July 2026 and CVP Manufacturing Strategy and Procurement at AMD from November 2024 to July 2026, in Austin, Texas. Scott Aylor also held CVP Global Operations Strategy at AMD from 2020 to 2025 and CVP and GM Datacenter Solutions at AMD from 2015 to 2020.
Scott Rogers
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Vice President, Global Procurement · AMD
Corporate Vice President, Global Procurement at AMD since January 2026, in the Austin, Texas area, with the profile's description of the role citing global sourcing activities for a $10B technology company. Scott Rogers held Vice President at NXP Semiconductors from 2015 to 2021 and Director, Global Procurement at Freescale Semiconductor from 2008 to 2015, and lists Vice President of Global Sourcing at Skyworks Solutions from 2021.
Uma Kottali
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Indirect Procurement and IT Business Operations · AMD
Sr. Director, Indirect Procurement and IT Business Operations at AMD since January 2026, with the profile describing more than $3B in spend across software, IT, engineering, facilities, HR, travel, marketing and professional services. Uma Kottali held Director, Enterprise Procurement at Roku from 2021 to 2022 and Director, Global Indirect Procurement & Travel at Xilinx from 2018 to 2021.
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- 01How does a fabless chip company negotiate and manage capacity with its foundry partners?
- 02How do procurement teams at a semiconductor company source parts for new datacenter platforms?
- 03What does a procurement leader at a chip company weigh most when managing billions in indirect spend across software, IT and services?
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