Donald M. Whiteside joined Intel in 1981 and is an appointed Vice President, and Director of Global Public Policy (GPP) within Intel's Legal & Corporate Affairs Group. GPP is responsible for establishing favorable market policies to enable Intel's continued global business success. GPP's policy efforts address legislative, legal and regulatory issues that affect Intel's business operations and the platform products we deliver to the global market. Prior to his appointment as Director of GPP in early 2008, Mr. Whiteside spent the past six years as Vice President of the Corporate Technology Group (CTG) and Director of Technical Policy and Standards. Prior to 2001, Mr. Whiteside held several management positions within Intel, including management of Intel's branded consumer products business, and coordination of Intel's business relationship with the IBM Corporation. Mr. Whiteside was born in New York, N.Y., in 1959. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tulane University in 1981. He manages GPP from Intel's facility in Chandler, AZ; where he lives with his wife and four children.