Executive Biographies

View profiles of Altera's board of directors.

	John P. Daane President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board Mr. Daane has served as our president and chief executive officer since November 2000 and was named chairman of the board in May 2003. He has served as one of our directors since December 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Daane spent 15 years at LSI Logic Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer, most recently as executive vice president, communications products group. In this role, he was responsible for ASIC technology development and the computer, consumer, and communications divisions.
	Danny Biran Vice President, Corporate Strategy Mr. Biran joined us in January 2005 as vice president, product and corporate marketing and became senior vice president, product and corporate marketing in May 2007. He became senior vice president, marketing in March 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Biran was president and CEO of Silverback Systems from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Biran has 25 years of semiconductor experience, including positions at LSI Logic and National Semiconductor.
	Misha Burich Senior Vice President, Research and Development Dr. Burich manages research and development for all new FPGA architectures, structured ASIC, design software, embedded processors, intellectual property libraries, and system solutions. Prior to joining Altera in December of 2000, he served as a vice president of R&D at various electronic design automation (EDA) companies, including Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, Silicon Compiler Systems, and Silicon Design Labs, which he co-founded in 1984. Dr. Burich began his career at Bell Laboratories Research in 1978.
	William Y. Hata Senior Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Engineering Mr. Hata joined us in December 1999 as vice president of product engineering. In October of 2000, he added the responsibilities of test development and process technology development. In March of 2007, Mr. Hata was promoted to vice president, worldwide operations and engineering, and added the responsibility for operations, packaging, and QA. Prior to joining Altera, he was a director of foundry operations and product engineering at National Semiconductor. Mr. Hata has over 25 years of industry experience, including management positions at LSI Logic and SGS Thomson.
	Lance M. Lissner Senior Vice President, Business Development Mr. Lissner joined us in May 1998 as vice president of business development and investor relations, and was appointed senior vice president, business development in November 2000, which includes responsibility for information technology. Prior to that time, Mr. Lissner was a corporate officer of Measurex Corporation, a developer of computer-integrated measurement, control, and information systems, where he was employed since 1973 and held various positions in sales, marketing, engineering, and business development.
	Kevin H. Lyman Senior Vice President, Human Resources Mr. Lyman joined us in January 2008 as vice president of human resources, responsible for Altera's global talent management strategy and programs. Prior to joining us, he was employed at Advanced Micro Devices, where he most recently served as senior vice president of corporate human resources. Mr. Lyman has over 25 years of experience linking strategy, people, and business results, and has also held human resources management roles at Lockheed, GenRad, and General DataComm Industries.
	Ronald J. Pasek Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer Mr. Pasek joined us in December 2009 as senior vice president, finance and chief financial officer. Mr. Pasek was previously employed by Sun Microsystems, where he most recently served as vice president and corporate treasurer. In his 19 years at Sun, he also held a variety of other positions in finance, including vice president of worldwide field finance, worldwide manufacturing, and U.S. field finance.
	George A. Papa Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Mr. Papa joined us in February 2002 as senior vice president, worldwide sales. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Papa served as vice president of worldwide sales of the communications business group of Marvell Semiconductor, Incorporated. From 1997 to 2000, he served as vice president of worldwide sales for Level One Communications, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, a semiconductor company. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Papa served as vice president of North American sales for Siemens Corporation, a diversified global technology company.
	Jordan S. Plofsky Senior Vice President and General Manager, Altera Penang Mr. Plofsky joined us in February 2001 as senior vice president, vertical markets and embedded processor products and became senior vice president, applications business groups in March 2002, senior vice president, marketing in November 2004, and senior vice president and general manager, Altera Penang in March 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Plofsky was employed by LSI Logic from 1996 to 2001, most recently as executive vice president of the enterprise infrastructure group. Mr. Plofsky has more than 20 years of semiconductor experience, including positions at Analog Devices and Harris Corporation.
	Katherine E. Schuelke Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary Ms. Schuelke joined us in March 1996 as corporate attorney. She became senior corporate attorney in July 1997 and assistant general counsel and assistant secretary in July 1999. In October 2001, she was appointed vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Prior to joining us, Ms. Schuelke was an attorney at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, LLP for seven years.
	Jeff Waters Senior Vice President and General Manager, Military, Industrial and Computing Division Mr. Waters joined us in January 2012 as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Military, Industrial and Computing Division. Prior to joining us, Mr. Waters was most recently with Texas Instruments / National Semiconductor as Product Line Vice President, Precision Signal Path Division. He was with National for 18 years in positions including Vice President of sales and marketing for Japan, Vice President of worldwide marketing, as well as a variety of marketing and engineering management roles in analog and microprocessors. In addition to his time at National, Mr. Waters held positions in management consulting as well as in research and development.
	Scott Wylie Vice President, Investor Relations Mr. Wylie joined us in March 2000 as vice president of investor relations. Previously, he was director of corporate communications at Raychem where he was responsible for investor relations, government and community relations, as well as the company's communications activities.

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