Obama Names Intel’s Otellini to Advisory Panel Headed by Immelt

U.S. President Barack Obama will name Paul Otellini, the chief executive of Intel Corp., the world’s largest semiconductor maker, to a presidential panel on jobs and competitiveness, the White House said in a statement.

The panel of outside economic advisers, which is headed by General Electric Co. chief executive officer Jeffrey Immelt, was created by the president last month to find ways to encourage hiring and boost U.S. economic competitiveness.

Obama will name Otellini to the panel today in Hillsboro, Oregon, where the president is touring an Intel semiconductor factory to promote science, math and technology education. Other members of the panel will be announced in the coming weeks, the administration statement said.

The competitiveness panel replaced one designed to advise the administration on responding to the financial crisis that was headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The new President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness meets quarterly and is supported by Treasury Department staff.

Before traveling to Oregon, Obama last night met with technology executives including Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs, Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg, and Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt to discuss his economic policies.

Obama has said innovation and exports can help lower the nation’s 9 percent unemployment rate, and has cited the technology industry as a driver for future growth.

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Obama Dines With Jobs, Zuckerberg With Economy on Menu

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U.S. President Barack Obama, second from left, meets with technology industry executives, from left, Carol Bartz, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., Arthur "Art" Levinson, chairman of Genentech Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., Steve Westly, managing partner of The Westly Group, and Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google Inc., before a private dinner in Woodside, California.

U.S. President Barack Obama, second from left, meets with technology industry executives, from left, Carol Bartz, chief executive officer of Yahoo! Inc., Arthur "Art" Levinson, chairman of Genentech Inc., Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., Steve Westly, managing partner of The Westly Group, and Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Google Inc., before a private dinner in Woodside, California. Photographer: Pete Souza/White House via Bloomberg

Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Craig Barrett, former chairman and chief executive officer at Intel Corp., talks about the need to increase U.S. investent in education. Barrett, speaking with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness," also discusses proposals for improving U.S. business competitiveness and creating jobs. (Source: Bloomberg)