Steve (Stratos) Vandris is the Senior Director of Strategic Alliances in the Corporate Strategy and Ventures organization of Intel Corporation and has 30 years of experience in the Semiconductor, Communications and Computer industries.. He is responsible for Global Strategic Alliances with industry partners and customers of Intel, across all of Intel's product portfolio and Intel Capital portfolio companies, from Datacenters and AI/ML to Network Infrastructure to Client devices and Automotive. Previously he was the Senior Director in the Corporate Strategy Group of Rakuten Symphony and the Head of Partnerships and Alliances for Altiostar Networks, a 5G network startup that was acquired by Rakuten Group for $1B+ in 2021. 

Prior to that, he was with Intel's Network Platform Group, through the acquisition of LSI Logic's Networking Division by Intel for $750M. Prior to LSI Logic, he held several business management and technical positions with Agere Systems (acquired by LSI Logic for $4B), Texas Instruments, Multilink Technologies (acquired by Vitesse/Microsemi), Lucent Technologies and AT&T Bell Laboratories. He holds an Executive MBA in Finance, PhD and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering. He is a graduate of the Peiramatiko School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and a scholarship recipient from the Schilizzi Foundation for undergraduate studies and AT&T Bell Laboratories for graduate studies.