Santa Clara, Ca., USA - September 14, 2009, Santa Clara, Ca., USA - Intel Corporation begins a number of important organizational changes startng with the announcement that Pat Gelsinger and Bruce Sewell have decided to leave the company.
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Mr. Gelsinger served as senior vice president and co-general manager of Intel Corporation's Digital Enterprise Group.
Mr. Gelsinger joined Intel in 1979. He led Intel Labs, which encompasses many Intel research activities, including leading Corporate Technology Group and Intel Research.
Before his appointment as the company's first CTO, Gelsinger held that title for the Intel Architecture Group.
In this position, he led the organization that researches, develops and designs next-generation hardware and software technologies for all Intel Architecture platforms for business and consumer market segments.
Mr. Gelsinger received an associate's degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1979, a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1983, Magna Cum Laude, and a master's degree from Stanford University in 1985.
All degrees are in electrical engineering. Mr. Gelsinger is a Fellow of the IEEE (2008) and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters in 2008 from William Jessup University.
Mr. Sewell served as senior vice president and general counsel of Intel Corporation.
Mr. Sewell joined Intel in 1995 as a senior attorney assigned to counsel various business groups in areas such as antitrust compliance, licensing, and intellectual property.
In 2001, Mr. Sewell was promoted to vice president and deputy general counsel. In that role he managed Intel's litigation portfolio, and handled corporate transactions, including M&A activities.
Mr. Sewell took over as only the third general counsel in Intel's history in November 2004.
Prior to joining Intel, Mr. Sewell was a partner in the litigation firm of Brown and Bain PC where he handled such notable cases as the landmark fight between Apple Computer and Microsoft Corporation over copyright ability of the Macintosh Graphical User Interface.
He was admitted to the California Bar in 1986 and to the Washington D.C. Bar in 1987. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. ■