Intel’s head of data-center and artificial-intelligence operations is leaving the group to take the helm of European telecommunications-gear maker Nokia, the latest high-profile executive shuffle at the chip maker as it struggles to revamp its business.

After only a little more than a year of running Intel’s Data Center and AI group – which is probably about as much fun right now as falling down the

Justin Hotard, Intel’s head of data-center and AI operations, is leaving to head up Nokia. Shares of the telecom-gear maker rallied over 2% in Europe; U.S.-listed Intel shares edged higher premarket.

Nokia Oyj will replace Chief Executive Officer Pekka Lundmark with Intel Corp.’s recently appointed head of artificial intelligence Justin Hotard in a surprise announcement as the network equipment maker works to exit a prolonged slump in orders from phone operators.

Nokia has hired its first CEO from America in a renewed pivot to AI designed to arrest years of low valuations and stagnant revenue growth. The Finnish telecoms group announced the appointment of Justin Hotard,

The head of Intel’s artificial-intelligence operations is leaving to take the top job at Nokia, just months after former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly retired from the company. Justin Hotard, the executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Data Center and AI Group,