Intel CEO Named to Obama Jobs Council
Wall Street Journal reports:
Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini is not one of the liberal tech leaders who helped President Barack Obama get elected. But he is nevertheless heeding the administration’s call.
The White House is announcing that Otellini will be named to the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt chairs the group, which was created by an executive order in January. Other members are expected to be named in coming weeks.
News of Otellini’s appointment is a highlight of the president’s trip west this week, which kicked off with a meeting Thursday night with tech CEOs that include Apple’s Steve Jobs, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, Google’s Eric Schmidt and Cisco’s John Chambers. The meeting was held at the Woodside, Calif., home of John Doerr, the prominent venture capitalist.
No reporters were allowed. But the White House says the talk focused in the president’s proposals to invest in research and development and expand incentives for companies to grow and hire, spur exports and improve the quality of U.S. education.
President Obama on Friday will meet Otellini to tour Intel’s site in Hillsboro, Ore., where some of the world’s most costly factories churn out chips and serve as a test bed for new manufacturing processes. Besides semiconductor technology, the visit is expected to dwell on efforts by Intel–a major contributor to education programs–that are known by the acronym STEM, or Science, Technology Engineering and Math.
Obama, echoing his State of the Union Speech, is slated to discuss the importance of “out-educating” global competitors. Such talk is familiar to those who have heard Intel leaders speak.
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