Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Mark Nelson as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales
January 08 2019 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
FPGA Industry Executive to Lead Lattice’s
Global Sales and Accelerate Profitable Business Growth
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:LSCC), a leading
provider of programmable logic devices, announced the appointment
of Mark Nelson as the company’s Corporate Vice President of
Worldwide Sales, effective immediately. Mr. Nelson brings extensive
sales experience, industry knowledge, customer focus, and general
management skills to his new role. Prior to Lattice, Mr. Nelson was
Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Sales for Intel
Corporation’s Programmable Solutions Group (PSG).
Jim Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We
are very pleased to welcome Mark to Lattice as we continue to
attract high caliber talent to our team. Mark’s impressive
experience in the FPGA industry as a global sales leader at Altera
and Intel PSG, his broad industry expertise, and his track record
of driving profitable growth are a perfect fit. Over the past few
months, we have assembled an outstanding team of proven leaders, as
we focus on execution and building value for the company and
shareholders.”
Mr. Nelson said, "I am excited to join the new Lattice
management team as we unlock the full potential of the company.
Lattice is building momentum with programmable solutions that are
directly aligned with customers’ needs in growing end markets
worldwide. Now is the time to better leverage Lattice’s global
sales team to accelerate the company’s growth and enhance customer
experience.”
Mark Nelson brings to the role 30 years of broad semiconductor
industry experience in sales, marketing, field application
engineering (FAE) and engineering roles. Most recently, he was Vice
President and General Manager of Worldwide Sales for Intel’s
Programmable Solutions Group. Prior to the acquisition by Intel,
Mr. Nelson was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and
Technical Services for Altera Corp. During his 14 years at Altera,
he held a variety of leadership roles, where he was instrumental in
the transformation of the sales and FAE teams to successfully drive
growth, acquire new customers, enhance the customer experience and
develop new partner-led routes to market. Prior to his time at
Intel/Altera, Mr. Nelson held other senior management positions at
LSI Logic Corp. and was an ASIC engineer at Unisys Defense Systems
Inc. Mr. Nelson earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical
engineering from Valparaiso University in Indiana.
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About Lattice Semiconductor Corporation:
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ:LSCC) is a leader in low power,
small form factor programmable logic devices. Our FPGAs deliver
intelligence, connectivity, and control solutions to the
industrial, compute, communications, consumer, and automotive
markets. Our unwavering commitment to our global customers enables
them to accelerate their innovation, creating an even better and
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