GlobalFoundries hires CTO/VP of R&D
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, AMD's fab spinoff, has bought itself a new two-for-one special. This morning the company announced it would be hiring Gregg Bartlett, formerly of Freescale Semiconductor, as its new CTO and senior vice president of R&D.
Bartlett, who boasts an impressive 25 years of hard slog up both the technical and management ladders at Freescale and Motorola, was snapped up from his latest role as Freescale's vice president of design technology, to take the place of Craig Sander, Flounder's initial R&D leader. The newly-deposed Sander will now apparently be "handling a number of special projects" for GloFo's CEO, Doug Grose. ["Coffee anyone?" - Ed]
Grose is already gushing with praise for his new recruit, noting that he, "brings a wealth of experience in both the collaborative development of advanced technology and its application to a variety of products".
Grose adds Bartlett, "understands what it takes to transition from an internal supply chain to an independent, customer-focused company," which is why the firm is dragging him all the way from Austin to upstate New York to oversee GlobalFoundries' joint R&D activities with the IBM Alliance.
"The semiconductor industry is poised to greatly increase its reliance on foundries," said Bartlett, who is described by a GlobalFoundries spokesman as "a really cool guy" and "a breath of fresh air".
Bartlett, who holds a degree in chemical engineering from Kansas State University, is also the board chairman for Semiconductor Research Corporation and a member of the Semiconductor Industry Association's Technology Steering Committee said: "I can't think of a better place to be."
It would appear GlobalFoundries is making a clever move, hiring a big-shot from a big prospective customer, but the firm is keeping tight lipped about how deep it had to dig in its piggy bank to tempt Bartlett away from Freescale.
Asked how much Mr. Bartlett will be pulling in salary wise, the only hint we were able to get out of a GloFo spokesperson was that his salary would be "more than mine". µ
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Since those companies have done so well, this hiring must be a steal! This looks a lot like another good ole boy network hiring and instead of turning a page, this is turning into AMD foundry.
And to top it off they now just add bloat by putting a VP in charge of 'special projects' (read: no accountability whatsoever, but still gets a good paycheck)
The more things change the more they stay the same... same ex-Moto/Freescale management, just with middle east money backing them.
It is not surprised if GloFo steal this man from Freescale semiconductor. Former VP of AMD, Henri Richards works there.
I feel sorry for this poor chump. He'll be moving up here to the Albany area. There goes his life.