Ricardo (Rick) J. Echevarria is the vice president and general manager of Security Sales at Intel Corporation. A growth-minded business leader with more than 25 years of success spanning technology, cybersecurity, professional services, and enterprise software, Echevarria has held a variety of leadership positions with Intel Corporation. He has overseen divisions responsible for the corporate segment personal computing P&L, as well as the management, development, and delivery of Intel’s cybersecurity technology roadmap. Rick was instrumental in the growth and development of the worldwide software developer ecosystem for Intel architecture-based products and was responsible for building a worldwide professional services organization inside Intel. 

Before assuming his current role, Rick led Intel’s Olympics and Paralympics Office, where he was responsible for establishing and accelerating Intel technology solutions in the market through exclusive and transformational integrations on one of the largest international platforms in the world, the Olympic Games. Rick has also been leading Intel’s Pandemic Response Technology Initiative. This includes the management of a $50M fund targeted at investments in pandemic response and readiness, online learning, and ecosystem/partner innovation.

Echevarria has also served as vice president of Software and Services and general manager of Platforms Security, leading Intel’s efforts to transform security across the computing landscape. Echevarria built the foundation for security strategies at Intel from the edge to the cloud and from devices to data centers, demonstrating his ability to execute across a broad enterprise context. In this role, he established strategic partnerships with Cisco, Microsoft, and Purdue University, among others.

Echevarria’s P&L experience leading Intel’s corporate personal computing segment resulted in 40% volume growth for Intel’s most profitable platform in this segment. 

Echevarria has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University and a master’s degree in computer systems management from Union College. In addition to the board service described above, he has also served as chair of the Intel Hispanic Leadership Council and has held positions on the Board of Directors for the Boy Scouts of America Cascade Pacific Council and the Board of Trustees for Saint Andrew Nativity in Portland, Oregon. Echevarria was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in Business by Hispanic Business Magazine. He was also named a 2020 Power Player for the Olympics by the Sports Business Journal. Echevarria has also received the Industrial Engineering Outstanding Alum Award from the Purdue University School of Industrial Engineering and the Distinguished Engineer Award from Purdue University’s College of Engineering.