Will Swope

Will Swope

VP and GM, Corp. Sustainability Group, Intel

William A. Swope is corporate vice president and general manager of Intel's Corporate Sustainability Group. In this role, he is responsible for driving Intel's environmental efforts in the areas of policy, operations and products. Swope works with stakeholders across the company to ensure that Intel continues to build upon its industry leadership in sustainability.

Since joining Intel in 1979, Swope has held numerous roles including corporate affairs leadership, manufacturing technology planning, strategic product planning and product management. Swope was director of Digital Enterprise Brand Management, and prior to that he was general manager of the Software and Solutions Group (SSG), reporting to the president and chief operating officer of Intel. In that capacity he managed the software products and enabling efforts within SSG. From 1993 to 1995, Swope was the general manager of the Intel® Pentium® Pro processor team. Swope was promoted to vice president in 1996 and corporate vice president in 2003.

Swope received his bachelor's degree in applied physics from Tufts College. He earned his master's degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Will Swope lets us in on a few of Intel’s developments and diagnoses the technological malaise in the US.
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Intel’s sustainability czar, Will Swope, is confident the technology compny will thrive during the current downturn.
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Will Swope explains how he seeks, retains and lets go of his employees.
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“Hi, we’re going to become a highly sensitive green sustainable corporation,” said the CEO of Walmart. It wasn’t their business model then, but now they are a global leader.
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Will Swope notes the glaring lack of strategy in many companies
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Will Swope explains how Intel remains financially agile both by saving money and cutting staff.
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Will Swope details the essential role that innovation plays at Intel and how he manages it effectively.