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Speakers The proposed AMD chip fabrication plant will transform the landscape of Tech Valley. Learn what it will mean for our area and how a manufacturing plant of this magnitude changes a community forever. Plus, find out how all businesses – high tech and traditional – will benefit from AMD’s arrival in Tech Valley. Douglas Grose Senior Vice President of Technology Development, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Advanced Micro Devices Douglas Grose is senior vice president of technology development, manufacturing and supply chain at AMD. In this role, Grose has responsibility for AMD’s global manufacturing and process technology operations as well as overall supply chain management. Prior to joining AMD, Grose spent the last two years as the general manager of technology development and manufacturing for IBM’s system and technology group. In this role, Grose oversaw IBM’s microprocessor production, process technology development and packaging operations. Before joining IBM, Grose was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Nanotech Resources, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation that develops and deploys advanced technology throughout New York State by coordinating nanotechnology education and research programs within the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Grose holds a doctorate degree in materials engineering, a master’s degree in business administration and science and a bachelor’s of science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dirk Hilbert Deputy Mayor City of Dresden, Germany Dirk Hilbert is deputy mayor and head of the economic development department of Dresden, Germany. Previous to his roles with the City of Dresden, Hilbert spent 10 years working in private business in numerous positions including risk manager, deputy office manager and production manager. He is a graduate of the Dresden University of Technology and holds a degree in industrial engineering. Kenneth Green President Saratoga Economic Development Corporation Ken Green has been involved in economic and business development for 27 years, serving the past 25 years as president of the Saratoga Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), a nonprofit, private sector, economic development corporation serving the Saratoga County. SEDC has developed financing for more than $1 billion in new business capital investments, which represents more than 14,000 new jobs for Saratoga County. Green and his team are in the throws of developing the Luther Forest Technology Campus (LFTC) – a 1,350-acre technology campus in the Towns of Malta and Stillwater – which is proposing the creation of 12,000 jobs and $12 billion dollars of capital investment by the nanotechnology industry over the next 25 years. Advanced Micro Devices announced in 2006 that it would build a $3.2 billion state-of-the-art fabrication plant at LFTC, creating upwards of 1,200 jobs.