Gilles Garcia
Comms Business Lead Director Xilinx
– 2016 – Present, added Wireless business responsibility
– 2013 – present, added Service provider and Cable access segments responsibilities
– 2011 – present Corporate Global Account Manager for TOP Telecom Account Xilinx
– 2009 – present Director Wired Communication Business unit Marketing Xilinx
– 2007 – April 2009 Director of Corporate Marketing and Communication at AMCC HQ Sunnyvale
– 2006 – 2007 Director of Marketing Ethernet/Datacom and Switch Fabric portfolio , AMCC HQ Sunnyvale .
– Moved to AMCC Corp Headquarter in Sunnyvale CA in July 2006
– 2003-2006 AMCC Director of Marketing Switch fabric portfolio
– 2001-2003 IBM Strategic marketing manager in charge of the Switch fabric IC portfolio, business development, P&L.
– 1999-2001 IBM Microelectronics division , ASSP Product Marketing Manager for the Switch fabric IC portfolio
Specialties: Marketing, Branding, Brand awareness, strategic initiatives, Business Development (partnerships, M&As, strategic initiatives) , Communication, Market analysis, Networking markets (Enterprise, Datacenter, Telecom), Semiconductor industry( Switch Fabric, Ethernet PHY, NPU, Packet processing), Communication plan, Press relationship , customer relationships