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Intel Ex-Chief Hoping to Help Ireland Rebound

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14-12-2009 9:43pm

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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/12/14/intel-ex-chief-hoping-to-help-ireland-rebound/

After Japanese competitors nearly sunk Intel in the 1980s, Craig Barrett helped the chip maker rebuild its manufacturing prowess. Now he’s going to lend Ireland a hand.

The former Intel CEO and chairman, who retired from the company in May, on Tuesday is being named chairman of a non-profit collection of executives called the Irish Technology Leadership Group. In that role, Barrett plans to work with other business and political leaders to restore the country’s competitiveness on the international high-tech scene.

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In the current competition, Barrett says, Ireland can’t sit back and hope for foreign companies to choose the country to locate manufacturing plants. More technology products must be dreamed up and developed locally. “You have to not rely on your brains to be a tool for someone else,” he says.

So Barrett, who normally divides most of his time between Arizona and Montana, expects to be traveling to Ireland every couple of months or so to help in any way he can. “I want to make my grandmother proud,” he says.

Hey, every little helps!

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