President and CEO , AMD Semiconductor company AMD is a leader in central and graphical processing units , competing with Intel and Nvidia respectively . Lisa Su has been President and CEO since 2014 , previously serving as SVP and GM , Global Business Units . Before joining the company , she occupied a number of roles in the semiconductor industry , including at Texas Instruments , IBM and Freescale Semiconductor . She is an alumnus of MIT , having studied for a PhD in Electrical Engineering .