Role and Company

VP, Intel China; Director, China Corporate Strategy Office, Intel Corporation

Expertise

16 years experience in information technology

Location

About Brent

Brent A. Young is vice president of Intel China and director of the China Corporate Strategy Office at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for driving Intel’s indigenous silicon partnerships, business unit growth, and reputation strategies in China.

Previously, Young was managing director of China Tech Ecosystem (CTE) Sales and Product Marketing Group, Intel China. He led Intel’s sales, customer, and go-to-market strategies for CTE as well as overall product marketing in China. During his tenure as managing director, the CTE sales team received the company’s highest honor, the Intel Achievement Award, for quickly ramping the ecosystem and shaping the nature of the tablet market.

Young joined Intel in 2006 as an open source software strategist before holding a number of management positions leading effective product marketing and sales strategies. He also served as technical assistant and chief of staff to Tom Kilroy, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group. Prior to joining Intel, he spent 5 years developing core product features and strategic marketing in various software engineering positions at Curl Corporation and ShoppingList.com.

He is a member of Montage Technology Group Limited’s board of directors, an executive-in-residence at Tsinghua University’s X-labs incubator, and a mentor at Chinaccelerator.

Young earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in computer science from Cornell University and an MBA specializing in strategy, marketing, and finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.