Ruth Cotter

Ruth Cotter is senior vice president at AMD, where she oversees Marketing, Communications and HR. In her role, Ruth is responsible for unifying and aligning the AMD brand and people for success. With more than 25 years of experience, Ruth’s leadership has been instrumental in helping the company scale during hypergrowth and is guided by thoughtful policy and planning. She successfully led the AMD Integration Planning Office following the company’s acquisition of Xilinx in 2022.

In mergers and acquisitions, 5 ways to center employees

AMD's Ruth Cotter shares HR lessons on mergers and acquisitions from the Xlinx acquisition, the largest in semiconductor industry history,