Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Mark Nelson as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the appointment of Mark Nelson asthe company’s Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales, effectiveimmediately. Mr. Nelson brings extensive sales experience, industryknowledge, customer focus, and general management skills to his newrole. Prior to Lattice, Mr. Nelson was Vice President and GeneralManager of Worldwide Sales for Intel Corporation’s ProgrammableSolutions 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.