Lisa Su

Dr Lisa Su is a preeminent electrical engineer, famed for her illustrious tenure as the CEO, President and Chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). A passionate leader of global technology teams bringing great products and solutions to market, Lisa has established recognition as one of the World’s Most Powerful Women by Forbes. Having also been inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame and appointed a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics & Electrical Engineers, Lisa is now highly sought after as a keynote speaker, imparting her wisdom on everything from the AI revolution to innovation through collaboration and leadership in challenging times.

Back in 1994, Lisa began her now illustrious career working as a member of the Technical Staff of Texas Instruments. She was next appointed as the Vice President of Semiconductor R&D for IBM, putting to use her distinguished education of a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, Lisa has also worked as the Senior Vice President and CTO of Freescale Semiconductor and the SVP & GM of the firm’s Networking & Multimedia Group. Establishing a renowned reputation as a woman in tech, Lisa was appointed to her first role with AMD in 2012, starting her fruitful career as the SVP and GM of Global Business Units for AMD. Such a decorated career has seen Lisa become the recipient of countless industry awards, including the Semiconductor Industry Association Robert N Noyce Award and the Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award to name but a few.

In addition to her corporate roles, Lisa has also been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering and elected to the American Academy of Arts & Science. She was also notably elected by President Biden to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a testament to her influence on wider society. Other prominent awards of Lisa’s also include the Global Semiconductor Association’s Dr Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, the Global Semiconductor Women of Innovation Award, the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, the CED Distinguished Leadership Award, the WITSA Eminent Person Award and the JEDEC Distinguished Executive Leadership Award for Commitment to Open Standards Development. Most recently, in 2023, Lisa was named on The Future of Work Top 50 list by Forbes and named one of the Top 25 Most Influential Executives on the CRN Top 100 Executives list.

Inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame and named on the Forbes 50 Over 50 list, Lisa Su is widely regarded as one of the most revolutionary women in tech. Serving on the Board of Directors of Cisco Systems and the Global Semiconductor Alliance, Lisa is widely regarded as an authority on the future of technology – an authority that sees her frequently sought after as a keynote speaker. Renowned for helping AMD experience a significant turnaround, expanding their horizons from personal computers to new forms of technology such as gaming and artificial intelligence, Lisa is a technology revolutionary whose expertise in semiconductors will forever be remembered in the history books of technology and electrical engineering. 

A seasoned speaker, Lisa has also spoken at events such as the Consumer Technology Association’s CES 2023, the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2023, the American Academy of Arts & Science Induction Ceremony 2022 and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Electronic Resurgence Initiative Summit 2019. With an already established roster of speaking events under her belt, Lisa has previously been known to cover subjects such as innovation for the next decade of computer efficiency, AI capabilities, artificial intelligence processors and the China market. If you are looking for a distinguished speaker who has invaluable knowledge in the future of technology and electrical engineering, don’t hesitate to engage dignitary Dr Lisa Su for your next technology-themed conference.