Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan shakes up leadership, says 'It has become clear to me ...'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is reportedly making changes in how the company’s leadership works. According to a memo seen by news agency Reuters, Tan is making the team more direct, with key chip departments now reporting straight to him. As part of the leadership changes, Intel’s data center, AI, and PC chip teams will report directly to him. The changes come after a long period of problems at Intel. Tan joined as Intel’s CEO last month. He then promised to make the chip company run more simply and efficiently.
In the memo, Tan announced that Intel’s veteran tech leaders—Rob Bruckner, Mike Hurley, and Lisa Pearce—will now report directly to him.
"This supports our emphasis on becoming an engineering-focused company and will give me visibility into what’s needed to compete and win," he wrote.
"It’s clear to me that organizational complexity and bureaucratic processes have been slowly suffocating the culture of innovation we need to win," Tan said. "It takes too long to make decisions. New ideas are not given room or resources to incubate. And unnecessary silos lead to inefficient execution," he added.

“I want to roll up my sleeves with the engineering and product teams so I can learn what’s needed to strengthen our solutions,” Tan wrote. “As Michelle and I drive this work, we plan to evolve and expand her role with more details to come in the future.”
The memo reveals that Intel has also promoted networking chip chief Sachin Katti to be chief technology officer and artificial intelligence chief. Katti, who is also a professor at Stanford University, will succeed Greg Lavender, who is also retiring from Intel. Tan says Katti “is expanding his responsibilities to include the role of chief technology and AI officer for the company. As part of this, he will lead our overall AI strategy and AI product roadmap, as well as Intel Labs and our relationships with the startup and developer ecosystems.”
According to the memo, the US chip maker is also looking for a new head of government affairs, who will also report directly to Tan, “given the critical importance of Government Affairs in a complex global environment”.