AMD announced it has hired Daniel (Dan) McNamara as senior vice president and general manager, Server Business Unit. McNamara is responsible for building on the successful introduction of the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors to further accelerate adoption of the company’s high-performance server solutions with cloud, enterprise and ecosystem partners. McNamara combines extensive semiconductor and enterprise expertise, consistent engineering execution and a proven track record of successfully driving growth in the data center market. Most recently, he was senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Network and Custom Logic Group. Throughout his 27-year career he has also held senior management and engineering roles at Altera, StarGen, SemiTech Solutions and Raytheon.