Thomas M. McCoy

Who is Thomas M. McCoy?

Tom is Executive Vice

President, Legal Affairs, and Chief Administrative Officer. His current

leadership responsibilities include Legal, Corporate Development,

International Policy, Government and Community Affairs, Corporate

Secretary, Employee Culture and Communications, and Corporate Services.

During his tenure at AMD, he has also had leadership responsibility for

Human Resources, and for Information Technology.

Tom joined AMD in January 1995, and was Senior

Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary until 2003. Prior to

AMD, he spent 17 years at O'Melveny Myers, one of the largest and

most prestigious law firms in the U.S., where he specialized in

business litigation.

Tom holds an undergraduate degree in history

from Stanford University and a law degree from the University of

Southern California. He clerked for the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of

Appeals, served on the board of directors of the Western Center on Law

and Poverty, and co-founded the California General Counsel’s

Association. He is a frequent speaker on the principles and

responsibilities of leadership.