This post is from Andrew Riha from our Europe CSR team.
The floor in London's Heathrow airport gives a good vantage point from which to observe and understand peoples' vast range of reactions to technology. Ranging from disappointment and anger at the television screens showing the latest cancellations -- to the families filled with joy and happiness after seeing their loved ones through a video call, even if only through a 10 inch screen. As I saw this, I realized that our slogan "Sponsors of Tomorrow™" rings truer than ever and I started to think about how all this is possible.
While many of you reading this may be far away from London, or that matter an airport, chances are that you are using a product designed, created and manufactured by Intel. Of course, products just don't create themselves, and to do that we have more than 78,000 employees worldwide who work hard every day to keep you connected, informed and entertained. We don't just make hardware! In fact, we help with every part of the user experience. To further our goal of creating the best possible user experience, and our commitment to Eastern Europe, we recently opened a software development center in Romania. This software development center will focus on software solutions on Intel architecture based devices.
Intel's Mark Harris from the Corporate Affairs group was on hand to talk to university students in Bucharest, Romania. With over 100 students in attendance, the event allowed students and professors to learn about Intel, what we do, and how they can be a part of our future. With the opening of the software development center, exciting potential exists for students to be directly impacted and this event encouraged them to further their studies in the field.
From our RCG (Recent College Grads), to our manufacturing employees, we value every employee and their contributions. Our employees come from all over the world and from every walk of life and they are the true "Sponsors of Tomorrow™".
To learn more, visit our Jobs@Intel blog, watch videos of our innovators and view a "day in the life" of a few of our employees and RCG hires including Erin, Rouz, Karin, Lauren, Hank and Neil.
Suzanne Fallender is Intel’s Director of Corporate Responsibility. In this role, she collaborates with key stakeholders across the company to integrate corporate responsibility concepts into company strategies, policies, public reporting, and stakeholder engagement activities to advance Intel’s corporate responsibility leadership and create positive social impact and business value. Suzanne leads a team of experienced professionals who engage with internal and external groups to review Intel’s corporate responsibility performance and to identify new opportunities to apply Intel’s technology and expertise to address social and environmental challenges. The team also works closely with Intel’s investor relations and corporate governance groups to drive an integrated outreach strategy with investors on governance and corporate responsibility issues. Suzanne has more than 20 years of experience in the field of corporate responsibility and socially responsible investment. During her time at Intel, Suzanne has held a number of corporate responsibility-related roles, including leading programs empowering girls and women through technology. Prior to Intel, Suzanne served as Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services where she managed the firm’s socially responsible investing division. Suzanne holds an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She has served on a number of leading industry advisory boards and committees on sustainability and corporate responsibility over the past decade and currently is a member of the Net Impact Board of Directors. Follow Suzanne on Twitter at @sfallender.