Dave Orton

Dave Orton is President and Chief Executive Officer of ATI Technologies. He leads ATI's Senior Management team and is an Officer of the Company.

Mr. Orton is responsible for the overall strategy and operational activities of ATI worldwide, including sales, marketing, research and development, customer service, distribution, finance, administration, customer satisfaction and quality.

He joined ATI as President and COO a result of ATI's acquisition of ArtX, Inc. in April 2000, where Mr. Orton had served as President & Chief Executive Officer. He formally became CEO in June 2004. Prior to joining ArtX, he served in a number of senior management roles at SGI, including Senior Vice President & General Manager, Visual Computing, and Senior Vice President & General Manager, Scalable Systems. He has also worked in the graphics and semiconductor industry with General Electric and Bell Laboratories. Mr. Orton holds several patents in the graphics and computer architecture areas.

Mr. Orton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Economics at Wake Forest University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University.