Diane Bryant is as an independent director and member of the compensation committee at

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. Prior, she was the

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of the

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and she previously served as the group president of Intel's

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group.

Career

After graduating from college, Bryant began working at Intel in 1985. In her final role at Intel, she led the data center group. In this role she helped the company to become a significant supplier of

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to corporate clients such as

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, when previously Intel had primarily sold chips directly to consumers. Before leading the data center group, Bryant was the chief information officer of Intel. In May 2017, she left her role at Intel in what was described as a temporary departure. However, on November 30, 2017, Google announced that Bryant would be joining

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, and Intel announced her retirement effective December 1, 2017. In July 2018, Google announced that she had left the company. Bryant is a member of the board of

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. Bryant was named among '' Fortune’s'' 50 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2015 and 2016. Also in 2016, ''

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'' honored Bryant as a part of its

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. ''

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'' ranked Bryant #32 in their 2016 list of "Silicon Valley 100" and she was #6 in their 2018 list of the "most powerful female engineers". On January 14, 2019, Bryant was named member of the board of

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Bryant has served as the chairman and chief executive officer of NovaSignal Corporation since January 2020.

Personal life

Diane was born and raised in

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. Upon graduating from high school, Bryant took classes at

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. She then transferred to the

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, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in

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in 1985.

References

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