Mr. Gelsinger’s provides Empire Ventures with his deep insight in emerging trends of global technology markets and innovative opportunities.

Mr. Gelsinger is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Intel Corporation.  Mr. Gelsinger joined Intel in 1979, and has more than 20 years of experience in general management and product development positions.  Before his appointment as the company's first CTO, Mr. Gelsinger was the Chief Technology Officer of the Intel Architecture Group.

Mr. Gelsinger holds six patents and six applications in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture and communications.  Mr. Gelsinger has more than 20 publications in these technical fields, including "Programming the 80386," published in 1987 by Sybex Inc.  Mr. Gelsinger received numerous Intel and industry recognition awards, and his promotion to group vice president at age 32 made him the youngest vice president in the history of the company.

Mr. Gelsinger received an associate's degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1979, a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University in 1983, Magna Cum Laude, and a master's degree from Stanford University in 1985.