Taking an engineer or scientist involved in product design and development is always advantageous.

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She joined Xerox in 1980 as a mechanical engineer summer intern and later assumed roles in product development and planning.

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David "Dadi" Perlmutter, the 53-year-old Israeli engineer who ran the Core team, is now in charge of the sprawling microprocessor giant's product development decisions--that is, figuring out which chips will one day replace the Core.

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