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Intel exec Maloney to retire
Dylan McGrath
9/19/2012 1:02 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO—Sean Maloney, a veteran Intel executive who is currently an executive vice president and chairman of the Intel's China subsidiary, plans to retire in January after 30 years with the company, Intel said Wednesday (Sept. 19).
Maloney, 56, is known for his hard charging ways. He has often been mentioned as a possible successor to Intel's current CEO, Paul Otellini. Maloney suffered a stroke at his home in February 2010 and was on medical leave until January 2011. He was appointed chairman of Intel China in May 2011. He first joined Intel in 1982.
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"I am very proud of my 30 years at Intel," Maloney said through a statement issued Wednesday. "Through those years I’ve had the honor of working with some of the most brilliant minds in the world, from Andy Grove to Paul Otellini, and on the most cutting-edge technology. I worked on three continents and saw the world as a representative of Intel. I saw firsthand the astonishing growth and potential of China and the Asian region.
Maloney's previous roles at Intel included co-general manager of the Intel Architecture Group and chief sales and marketing officer.
"Intel will always be part of my life, and I feel privileged to have been one of the company’s leaders," Maloney said. "I look forward to my retirement and spending more time with my family. Intel is full of the best and brightest people I have ever known."
Otellini said Maloney identified the impact Asia would have as a technology market and innovation hub back in the 1990s. "He leaves a major mark on Intel and the industry, and I wish Sean and his family well as they move on to the next chapter in his life."
Maloney, a college dropout who grew up in London, began his Intel career in the company's European headquarters, where he spent nine years in management roles in applications engineering, sales and marketing. From 1992 to 1995, he served as technical assistant to Grove, then Intel’s chairman and CEO. In 1995, Maloney moved to Hong Kong to manage Intel's sales and marketing activities in Asia Pacific and returned to the United States in 1998 to become head of Intel's worldwide sales organization. Three years later he took over as head of Intel Communications Group and became co-manager of the Intel Mobility Group in 2004.
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Maloney, 56, is known for his hard charging ways. He has often been mentioned as a possible successor to Intel's current CEO, Paul Otellini. Maloney suffered a stroke at his home in February 2010 and was on medical leave until January 2011. He was appointed chairman of Intel China in May 2011. He first joined Intel in 1982.
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"I am very proud of my 30 years at Intel," Maloney said through a statement issued Wednesday. "Through those years I’ve had the honor of working with some of the most brilliant minds in the world, from Andy Grove to Paul Otellini, and on the most cutting-edge technology. I worked on three continents and saw the world as a representative of Intel. I saw firsthand the astonishing growth and potential of China and the Asian region.
Maloney's previous roles at Intel included co-general manager of the Intel Architecture Group and chief sales and marketing officer.
"Intel will always be part of my life, and I feel privileged to have been one of the company’s leaders," Maloney said. "I look forward to my retirement and spending more time with my family. Intel is full of the best and brightest people I have ever known." Otellini said Maloney identified the impact Asia would have as a technology market and innovation hub back in the 1990s. "He leaves a major mark on Intel and the industry, and I wish Sean and his family well as they move on to the next chapter in his life."
Maloney, a college dropout who grew up in London, began his Intel career in the company's European headquarters, where he spent nine years in management roles in applications engineering, sales and marketing. From 1992 to 1995, he served as technical assistant to Grove, then Intel’s chairman and CEO. In 1995, Maloney moved to Hong Kong to manage Intel's sales and marketing activities in Asia Pacific and returned to the United States in 1998 to become head of Intel's worldwide sales organization. Three years later he took over as head of Intel Communications Group and became co-manager of the Intel Mobility Group in 2004.
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chipmonk
9/19/2012 1:52 PM EDT
A happy retirement to Sean. But in general US companies have a fatal weakness for falling for the slippery tongue of Brits / Ozzies, even uneducated ones, who tend to then drag even perfectly good US Tech Companies down. The examples are endless.
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sprite0022
9/20/2012 4:53 AM EDT
I think this should be the result of ignorance of general stock holders and the board they elected.
politicians works better here.
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dylan.mcgrath
9/19/2012 2:20 PM EDT
@chipmonk- I don't doubt that there are some examples, but that sounds like a broad generalization. I certainly don't know of anyone who has said this about Sean Maloney.
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Chipguy1
9/19/2012 6:23 PM EDT
For a college drop out, Sean had an impressive career.
Only blemish on Sean's career is lack of success in intel's mobile communications efforts a group he ran for many years. Intel/Sean focused too much on mobile CPU performance but in reality.....CPU is only a small part of an SOC. Grapic and communications and many other IP block arround the SOC are perhaps more important to the user experience than CPU. The blind focus on CPU performance (still going on now with the Razor "2Ghz CPU announcement yesterday) is my guess why such a great company like intel with all it's resources continues to fail in the mobile SOC market.
They keep making decision after decision on what is best for CPU performance which often has negative implications on SOCs
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resistion
9/20/2012 9:24 AM EDT
Their senior folks only played the CPU game for decades until they reached the age they can no longer expand into other areas, since they no longer have learning energy. Quite sad actually.
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sprite0022
9/21/2012 1:52 AM EDT
It's not old age engs, it's group of college drop out and MBA's.
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