▁chief ▁technology ▁officer ▁( CT O ) ▁and ▁executive ▁vice ▁president ▁for ▁Technology ▁and ▁Engineering ▁at ▁Advanced ▁Micro ▁Dev ices ▁( AM D ). ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁he ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁A MD ' s ▁Executive ▁Vice ▁President . ▁Pap erm aster ▁previously ▁worked ▁at ▁IBM ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁closely ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁Power PC ▁technology ▁and ▁served ▁two ▁years ▁as ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁IBM ' s ▁bla de ▁server ▁division . ▁Pap erm aster ' s ▁decision ▁to ▁move ▁from ▁IBM ▁to ▁Apple , ▁Inc . ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁became ▁central ▁to ▁a ▁court ▁case ▁considering ▁the ▁valid ity ▁and ▁scope ▁of ▁an ▁employee ▁non - comp ete ▁clause ▁in ▁the ▁technology ▁industry . ▁He ▁became ▁senior ▁vice ▁president ▁of ▁devices ▁hardware ▁engineering ▁at ▁Apple ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁with ▁o vers ight ▁for ▁devices ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁iPhone . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁he ▁left ▁Apple ▁and ▁joined ▁C is co ▁Systems ▁as ▁a ▁V P ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁sil icon ▁engineering ▁development . ▁Pap erm aster ▁joined ▁A MD ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁assuming ▁o vers ight ▁for ▁all ▁of ▁A MD ' s ▁technology ▁teams ▁and ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁all ▁of ▁A MD ' s ▁products , ▁and ▁A MD ' s ▁corpor ate ▁technical ▁direction . ▁