Laura G. Crone is the vice president of Sales and Marketing and director of Global Accounts – Sun Microsystems. She is responsible for all aspects of Intel’s relationship with Sun Microsystems.

Prior to leading the Sun Global Account team, Crone was vice president of Flash Memory Group and director of Flash Memory Operations, where she was responsible for managing and continuously improving the supply chain for the group. This included such functions as demand and revenue forecasting, inventory management and pricing strategy.

Previously, Crone held a variety of positions in Sales and Marketing Group, including director of worldwide customer satisfactions, director of operations in the ASMO region and manager of Americas Geography Marketing. She has also been a technical sales engineer, field sales engineer and district sales manager.

Crone received her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Chico State University in 1983. She joined Intel as a recent college graduate in 1984.