Alan Davidson has over 30 years of IT and leadership experience. From co-founding as ISP startup to leading global teams at industry leading companies, he is well known for his ability to lead transformational IT programs. Alan joined Avago/Broadcom in November 2005 and is currently accountable for hardware R&D (support infrastructure and design tools/processes), software R&D (support CI/CD pipeline, drop tools and operations), SaaS Cogs (multi-cloud – GCP, AWS, Azure, SaaS, operations), Lab Management (networks, server, storage) and corporate infrastructure (networks, DC, server, storage).
In this video he talks about:
- How the semiconductor industry is changing in the digital era
- The particular challenges he is facing at Broadcom
- The changes he is making to meet these challenges
- His thoughts about moving to the public cloud
- What he now knows about management that he wish he knew when he was starting out.
About Broadcom:
Broadcom Inc. is an American designer, developer, manufacturer and global supplier of a wide range of semiconductor and infrastructure software products. Broadcom's product offerings serve the data center, networking, software, broadband, wireless, and storage and industrial markets. Broadcom’s extensive product portfolio serves multiple applications within four primary end markets: wired infrastructure, wireless communications, enterprise storage and industrial & others. Applications for their products in these end markets include: data center networking, home connectivity, broadband access, telecommunications equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and displays.
