Being findable means being relevant, credible, and memorable to the right people.

Your next role rarely finds you by accident. It finds you because you built the capabilities, relationships, and reputation that make someone think of you when a need comes up. The opportunity may look unexpected. The groundwork never is.

This is the final regular session of Path to Next. We are closing it with three Intel alumni who went on to executive roles, all featured in Gina Riley’s limited series, How Your Next Executive Role Finds You.

What you’ll hear:

What recruiters do when a search reaches them, and why they don’t work for candidates

The three questions you should be ready to answer

How to keep relationships warm without making them transactional

Why jobs get created for people who show up to help solve a problem instead of selling themselves

One action to take in the next 30 days

Meet the Panel:

Jennifer Davis is CEO of Bastazo, which defends critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. Her career spans startups, PE-backed and employee-owned companies, and Fortune 500 firms including Intel, Honeywell, and AWS. She spent 17 years at Planar, founded PolicyStarter to help leaders navigate AI governance, and is the author of Well Made Decisions.

Rob Hays leads business development at Cornelis Networks, working with government, hyperscale, and semiconductor partners on AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. He also sits on the QuiX Quantum supervisory board. Over 21 years at Intel, he rose from application engineer to vice president and general manager of strategic planning for the Data Center Group. He later served as chief strategy officer at Lenovo and CEO of Atom Computing.

Shantanu Gupta is President and CEO of Cascade Systems Technology, a Hillsboro electronics manufacturing services company. He spent 28 years at Intel. He started in processor design, earned nine patents, and went on to lead marketing, strategy, and new ventures across cloud, data center, and communications. After taking a retirement package at 52, he worked with healthcare startups before a VP of sales conversation turned into the CEO role.

Moderated by Gina Riley

Who should attend: Intel alumni, retirees, and current employees at any level. You don’t need an executive title to use what these three learned. Bring your questions.

Being findable means being relevant, credible, and memorable to the right people.

Want to go further or prepare for the session?
Jennifer, Rob, and Shantanu are three of the seven executive case studies in Riley’s mini-course, How Your Next Executive Role Finds You. It includes a workbook for building your own story. Check out the course at Gina Riley Consulting: How Your Next Executive Role Finds You

And a quick note from the Intel Alumni Network Board: if you’re able, please consider contributing to IAN — resources are a bit tight heading into 2026, and every bit of support helps keep the network strong. As an all-volunteer organization, every dollar helps.

If you know an Intel alum who hasn’t registered yet, invite them to join us!

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