Iain Morris

Who is Iain Morris?

Iain Morris is the Executive Vice President and General Manager

of Xilinx´s Advanced Platforms Group (APG). At the helm of APG,

Morris leads divisional teams responsible for development and

delivery of high-end solutions, building upon the company's flagship

Virtex™ FPGA platform. Morris joined Xilinx in 2006, bringing his more than 30 years

of experience with semiconductor and systems companies. He has

managed operations in more than 11 countries and served customers

in a variety of vertical markets such as communications, computing,

and wireless. Most recently, Morris was senior vice president at Advanced

Micro Devices (AMD), with responsibility for the digital media

and pervasive computing group. Before joining AMD, Morris served

as senior executive and corporate officer at Hewlett-Packard Co.,

where he was senior vice president of mobility and emerging business

and president of embedded and personal systems, respectively.

Morris began his career at Motorola, where he spent nearly 25

years establishing a strong track record of results in engineering,

product development, marketing, direct sales, and business management. Morris holds a bachelor's degree in technology and business

studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.