Biography

Devinder Kumar has more than 40 years of experience in the technology industry. He has been a member of the board of directors of Ciena, a networking systems, services, and automation software company, since August 2019 and is the chairman of the audit committee.

During a 39-year tenure at AMD, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer for 10 years from 2013 to 2023 and corporate controller for 11 years from 2001 to 2012. He has vast global experience, including spending 10 years in Asia for AMD’s manufacturing services group across Malaysia, China, Singapore, and Thailand. He retired from AMD in 2023.

Kumar has a bachelor’s degree in ecology from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, a master’s degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s in business administration in finance from the University of California, Los Angeles.