Christie Rice is the director of business development responsible for Intel’s partner strategies in the retail segment. In her role she works to ensure that Intel technology meets retailers’ ever-changing needs. She also works closely with the broad and expanding partner ecosystem to connect customers to technology providers and promote solutions that provide the frictionless and experiential shopping experience customers demand. Before assuming her current role, Christie’s 20+ years at Intel included various technical, product, business development, and marketing management positions across a broad range of products and segments including memory, PCs, storage, networking, and IOT. Christie holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Dallas, a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University.