New Intel vice-president is Westmeath man

Intel has announced the promotion of Westmeath native Rory O’Connor to the role of vice-president of Intel Corporation.

Mr O’Connor, who is originally from Coole and lives in Ratoath, is the director of Global Logistics at Intel, has become vice-president in the Global Supply Chain organisation.

He leads the organisation that manages shipping and delivery to Intel’s global factory network and worldwide customers.

Intel manufacturing facilities rely on the logistics team’s ability to move product and equipment as quickly as possible, regardless of conditions.

Intel customers also depend on this same expeditious shipping and delivery, even despite such unpredictable events as volcanoes, labour strikes or epidemics.

Mr O’Connor works across Intel and the logistics industry, including global third-party logistics companies, freight forwarders and integrators, to devise strategies and deliver world-class logistics solutions that provide excellent service for Intel customers and help the company grow.

A 30-year veteran of Intel, he joined as one of Intel Ireland’s first employees in 1990.

During his first 10 years with the company, he held various positions in supply planning, customer service and logistics to support Intel Ireland systems manufacturing.

He was subsequently named European Logistics director in Intel’s customer planning and logistics organisation. In that role, Mr O’Connor managed the distribution of capital equipment, raw materials and finished product across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region.

In 2010, his sphere of responsibility grew to include logistics throughout the Americas region as well. He has served as director of Global Logistics for Intel since 2015.

Before joining Intel, Mr O’Connor held various roles across manufacturing operations and materials planning at Northern Telecom Ltd.

He earned a diploma in management and an MBA degree, both from the Open University business school in the UK.

Mr O’Connor is married to Trish and they have two children, Liam and Shane.