Siddhartha (Sid) Karkare

Energizer
DISC Type : I

Director - HPC-AI & IT Strategic Business Development at AMD

Pleasanton, California, United States

Overview

Siddhartha (Sid) Karkare is a Senior Global Director for Strategic Business Development at AMD, focusing on the EPYC server business. He specializes in HPC and AI workloads for the manufacturing, energy, and EDA verticals. A frequent industry speaker on new technologies like CXL and AI storage, he holds an MBA from UC Davis.

Colleagues have described him as disciplined, methodical, and possessing excellent execution abilities.

Personality Overview

Informal

Full Of Energy

Relationship Oriented

They excel at seeing the bigger picture, and the long-term impact of their decisions.  Unlike C or D types, they are vocal with their opinions but not so much with their questions. They are naturally enthusiastic, so take their promise with a pinch of salt.

Topics They Care About

HPC for Manufacturing
As a Global Director at AMD, his focus includes strategic business development for the manufacturing vertical, and he has spoken at several industry events on this topic.
Composable Memory (CXL)
He has presented at technical forums on "CXL-attached Tiered and Pooled Memory, " highlighting its importance for future data center architectures and cloud deployments.
AI Storage Optimization
Participated in a summit panel discussing AI storage, showing his expertise in the hardware ecosystem required to support artificial intelligence workloads.

Media Appearances

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Work History

4-2021
Director - HPC-AI & IT Strategic Business Development at AMD
3-2020 - 4-2021
Director, Product Marketing at Marvell Semiconductor
7-2018 - 3-2020
Senior Business Line Manager, Cloud and Edge Data Center Compute & Storage at Intel Corporation
1-2015 - 6-2018
Sr. Strategic Marketing Manager, NFV/5G at Intel Corporation
10-2013 - 1-2015
Principal Engineer, Lead at Inphi Corporation

Education

2008 - 2010
Master of Business Administration - MBA from University of California, Davis
2004 - 2007
MS from Santa Clara University

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During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Invite them for a lunch or a drink/coffee
  • Use phrases like ‘people will love’, ‘massive impact’ etc.
  • Do some small talk, ask them how things are going on their side

DONT's

  • Avoid ifs and buts, don’t talk too much about the risks etc.
  • Don’t be too formal, focus on building comfort and trust
  • Don’t be excessively objective, be a storyteller

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  • They can accept limited risks, ones that they think will not impact them personally.

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