Infotech Lead Asia: David Kwon will head AMD’s Asia Pacific business.
David Kwon is currently the president of AMD Korea.
As managing director and corporate vice president of the Asia Pacific-Japan (APJ) Mega Region, Kwon will report to senior vice president and chief sales officer John Byrne.
Kwon will be responsible for AMD’s operations and sales across the APJ region, representing eleven countries including Korea, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
With more than 25 years of strategic sales, marketing, consulting and management experience, Kwon brings a proven track record of leadership and global business performance as demonstrated during the past two years managing the growth of AMD’s global business with Samsung and Toshiba.
Kwon will focus on continuing to strengthen AMD’s component channel business, build on the ongoing success of AMD’s consumer notebook and desktop business, establish a firm foothold for commercial business growth, and further strengthen AMD’s business with key customers across the APJ Mega-Region.
Before joining AMD, Kwon spent more than 10 years at Dell where he held various roles including senior director of regional alliance marketing for large enterprises, APJ and GC, executive director of sales in Global and Public Accounts, and global account manager for U.S. Federal Defense, Intelligence and Civilian Organization.
