W. Eric Mentzer

Vice President, Mobility Group
General Manager, Graphics Development Group
INTEL CORPORATION

Eric Mentzer is the vice president of the Mobility Group and general manager of the Graphics Development Group for Intel Corporation. In this role, Mentzer is responsible for the architecture and HW/SW product development of Intel's integrated graphics cores.

From 2004 to 2007 he was vice president if the Mobility Group and co-general manager of the Chipset Group. He was responsiple for Intel's client chipset business, including chipset and graphics architecture, design, development and manufacturing. In this role Mentzer delivered the mobile and desktop chipset and graphics products that were a foundation for the client platform strategies. Mentzer served as the vice president of the Intel Communications Group and chief technology officer from 1999 to 2004. In this position, he was responsible for Intel's technology vision and strategies for communications.

Mentzer joined Intel in 1985, holding positions as a field applications engineer and an architectural specialist. In 1992, he became director of Marketing for Intel's Platform Components Division. Mentzer led the product and technical marketing that established Intel's chipset/core logic business while driving industry initiatives like PCI. In 1997, Mentzer transitioned to the newly created Graphics Component Division and drove the strategic and product marketing for the AGP and Intel's graphics product line that transformed into our integrated graphics business. In 1999, Mentzer moved back to the Sales and Marketing Group as director of Sales Applications, Marketing and Services (SAMS) leading the worldwide technical sales force.

Prior to joining Intel, Mentzer was an electronics design engineer for Harris Corporation, Government Systems Sector. He received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in 1982. Mentzer was born in Havre De Grace, MD in 1960.