Intel had always been an engineering-driven firm that took big risks when industry dynamics shifted, but under Otellini, it financialized and ossified. And so it missed multiple key turns in the industry – mobile, process leadership, and later on, the turn to a different kind of chip with AI. Former Intel principal engineer Francois Pidnoel said that the company's culture resulted in "no innovation, no aggressive road-maps, and no people driven because they are are discouraged because the MBA's are the only ones rising." The Chair of the Board today is Frank Yeary, a private equity guy, and the board even has a VP from Boeing on it. The mirage of Intel's strength has long since dissipated, but the company's board members have not been held accountable.