Chief Executive Officer of Programmable Solutions Group, Intel
Search every verified Sandra Rivera interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Sandra Rivera, former CEO of Altera and current chair of the board at Visora, discussed her career trajectory and leadership philosophy in a September 2026 podcast appearance. She described her background as the daughter of Colombian immigrants who came to the United States with limited resources, and credited her parents' courage as a formative influence. Rivera also reflected on her time at Intel, including leading the company's networking business and later serving as chief people officer, a role she said broadened her perspective on how organizational decisions affect employees. During the interview, Rivera emphasized the importance of organizational culture, describing it as "the collective habits of how things get done" and a sustainable competitive advantage. She also commented on the early stages of the AI revolution, noting that current general-purpose solutions like CPUs and GPUs face power and resource constraints, and suggested that innovation is increasingly occurring across different parts of the computing platform.
In this episode, I sit down with Sandra Rivera, former Intel executive and Altera CEO, to talk about taking chances, learning when things don’t go your way, and figuring out how to lead people well. We dig into the values her parents passed down to her, what it took to bet on herself and start a company, and how a job she never planned on taking changed her approach to leadership.
There are many different ways to look at the tangled web of AI. For example, tackling from the inference perspective is one way of looking at the puzzle, as not everyone is doing that. One vendor, who may have a leg up, is VSORA (https://vsora.com/) , who claims to "make AI more accessible, efficient, and sustainable than ever.” That sounds like a tall order, but a great move to reaching that goal is to bring along someone who’s actually climbed the mountain before. In this case, that would be Sandra Rivera, a long-time Intel veteran and former CEO of Altera, and now the Chairwoman of the B…
In this video interview, we chat with Altera's CEO Sandra Rivera about flexible AI at the edge, Altera’s progress in its strategy, what differentiates Altera, the importance of software and more
How can AI at the edge achieve flexibility and high performance? In her Embedded World 2025 Keynote, Altera CEO Sandra Rivera talks about the future of AI acceleration, embedded development, and FPGA-driven solutions for robotics, industrial automation, automotive, and medical applications. Watch the keynote to learn how Agilex™ FPGAs are enabling next-gen low-latency, power-efficient, and scalable AI solutions for real-world deployment. Learn how customers like Vitec are leveraging Altera’s AI design flows and FPGA solutions to accelerate time to market Subscribe to the Altera Inside Edge…
At embedded world 2024 this week, we spoke to Sandra Rivera, CEO of the recently rebranded and launched Altera, an Intel company, about the launch of its new edge-optimized FPGAs "infused" with AI fabric.
On this episode of The Six Five – On The Road, hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead welcome Intel’s Greg Lavender, CTO, SVP and GM of Intel SATG, and Sandra Rivera, EVP and GM Intel DCAI for a conversation on Intel’s AI Portfolio during Intel Innovation in San Jose, California. Their discussion covers: What is unique about Intel’s AI strategy, and Intel’s focus on democratizing AI How Intel customers are using Intel Gaudi2 accelerators today What Intel is doing to make it easier for developers to build AI solutions that run on Intel hardware What enterprises need to be doing to prepa…
Sandra Rivera, SVP & GM of Network Platforms Group for Intel discusses “Accelerating the Path to 5G” at the CTIA 5G Summit in Washington, DC; April 4th, 2019.
Sandra Rivera talks with Rebecca Knight at Red Hat Summit 2017 in Boston, MA. #RHSummit #theCUBE.
Sandra Rivera, corporate vice president and general manager of the network platforms group for Intel, discusses the transformative impact of 5G networks, from the access point, to the core, and the entire distributed datacenter. Intel has committed to this transformation by investing in open source, optimizing solutions, and aligning the industry around defined standards. Learn more: https://www.redhat.com/en/summit/2017...
Keynote: 5G is Now- Sandra Rivera, VP, Data Center Group & General Manager of the Network Platforms Group, Intel About Sandra Rivera VP, Data Center Group and GM, Network Platforms Group Sandra L. Rivera is vice president in the Data Center Group and general manager of the Network Platforms Group at Intel Corporation. She is responsible for the Intel business group charged with providing innovative technology and solutions to the networking industry. Rivera joined Intel in 2000 as marketing director for the new Intel division that resulted from the company’s acquisition of Dialogic Corporati…
Sandra Rivera Corporate VP, GM, Network Platforms Group at Intel sits down with hosts Jeff Frick and Scott Raynovich on theCUBE at Open Networking Summit 2017 in Santa Clara, California https://siliconangle.com/2017/04/06/5... Is 5G ready for prime time? Intel reveals its timeline The 5G revolution is on its way for the consumer; however, looking for that new device in a store will be futile because the industry is still building the next-generation infrastructure. The 5G revolution means that mobile technology will go beyond connecting your phone or laptop. The new world of mobility will…
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