Intel welcomes Dean Jarnac as EVP and chief sales officer. He will lead global sales and strengthen customer relationships and go-to-market execution across client, data center, AI, networking, and ASICs. Learn more:

When Intel announced its appointment of Marvell Technology executive Dean Jarnac as its new sales leader in August, the move marked the second time in less than five years that the chipmaker had replaced a company veteran with an outsider for the role. Jarnac would take on the title of executive vice president and chief sales officer, replacing Greg Ernst a little more than a year after Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan put him in the top sales post. Ernst’s abrupt exit is one of many changes, including recent channel-related job cuts, that Intel’s global sales organization, renamed under Tan to the Sales Management Group to retain its long-held “SMG” initials, has endured over the past several years as top leaders attempt to turn around the company. Read @DylanOnChips’ October @CRN cover story to learn more about Intel’s sales leadership shake-up and signs of a long-sought-after comeback for the chipmaker:

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