Thomas Zacharia — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Senior Vice President of Strategic Technical Partnerships and Public Policy at AMD.
Oversaw the creation and implementation of the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer, the first to break the Exascale barrier, as Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Served as Laboratory Director at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2017 to 2022.
Executive Vice President and Chief Port Officer Captain at Qatar Science & Technology Park.
Previously a professor at the University of Tennessee.
Holds a doctoral degree from Clarkson University (1987).

Biography

Thomas Zacharia is an Indian-born American computer scientist and currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Strategic Technical Partnerships and Public Policy at AMD, a Fortune 500 company. In this role, he focuses on fostering public/private relationships with governments, non-governmental organizations, and other entities to advance the deployment of customized AI solutions for the public good and accelerate the AI revolution. He joined AMD in 2024.