VMware, Pat Gelsinger, effective Feb. 15. Since Swan took over in 2019, Intel has divested from non-core assets while making acquisitions that strengthened its core business. But as Barron’s notes, “Swan doesn’t have semiconductors in his DNA and is known as more of a software and finance executive than a man with deep technical expertise.” Gelsinger, on the other hand, is a prominent technical expert in the chip industry. He’s a trained engineer who has written a microprocessor programming book, holds several patents, helped create Wi-Fi technology and spent three decades at Intel earlier in his career. “After careful consideration, the board concluded that now is the right time to make this leadership change to draw on Pat’s technology and engineering expertise during this critical period of transformation at Intel,” Intel chairman Omar Ishrak said in a statement.