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AMD's Ruiz Appointed by President Bush to NSTAC

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2003 - President Bush announced yesterday that he is appointing Hector de J. Ruiz, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), to the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).

The President's NSTAC is composed of up to 30 presidentially appointed industry leaders (usually chief executive officers). In its advisory role to the President, the NSTAC provides industry-based analyses and recommendations on a wide range of policy and technical issues related to telecommunications, information assurance (IA), infrastructure protection, and other national security and emergency preparedness concerns. The current NSTAC chair is Dr. Vance D. Coffman, Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Dr. Ruiz joined AMD in January 2000 as president and chief operating officer, and was named chief executive officer at the April 2002 meeting of AMD. Previously, Dr. Ruiz served as president of Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector. In his 22-year career with the global technology firm, Dr. Ruiz held a variety of executive positions in the United States and overseas. He also worked at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas in the company’s research laboratories and manufacturing operations.

Born in Piedras Negras, Mexico, Dr. Ruiz earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. He earned his doctorate in Electronics from Rice University in 1973.

Dr. Ruiz is personally committed to expanding the impact of education around the world. In 1999, he was appointed by the then Governor G. W. Bush to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. He currently serves on the Foundation Advisory Council for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas. Dr. Ruiz has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and was inducted into the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference (HENAAC) Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2002, he received the International Engineering Consortium (IEC) Fellow Award and was honored by the Asociación de Ingenieros Universistarios Mecanicos Electricistas, A.C. (AIUME) for excellent achievement.

In addition, Dr. Ruiz is a member of the Governor’s Task Force for Economic Growth, which advises the Texas governor on ways to ensure long-term economic growth in Texas, and is also an active member of the Governor’s Business Council, a group of business leaders that advises the governor on issues affecting the business climate and economic development in Texas.

Dr. Ruiz serves on the Eastman Kodak Company Board of Directors.

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