Chris Smith

As Corporate Vice President, Chris leads the Platform Software organization within the Graphics and Engineering group at AMD. The Platform Software team is responsible for defining and delivering the complete software stack including firmware, drivers, frameworks, libraries and APIs for AMDs market-leading portfolio of silicon products across Data Center, Consumer, Commercial and Embedded business. Chris also leads the Advanced Technology Group that drives next generation technology exploration for the AMD software organization. Based in Toronto, Canada, Chris joined AMD in 2014, bringing 20+ years of experience driving technology innovation and leading global engineering teams. He leads the Toronto Markham Design center, AMDs largest R&D center in Canada with more than 3000 Engineers pioneering the next wave of advances in silicon solutions in AI, Machine Learning, Graphics and programmable accelerators. Prior to joining AMD, Chris spent fourteen years at BlackBerry in various executive and technical leadership roles. He has also spent time at Nortel Networks, IBM and ABB delivering a broad range of software products and services. Chris studied at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Waterloo in his native Canada.