For Release: April 13, 2000
Scott Wylie Joins Altera As Vice President of Investor Relations
SAN JOSE, Calif--March 30, 2000--Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced that Scott Wylie has joined the company as Vice President of Investor Relations reporting to Nathan Sarkisian, Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Wylie was previously Director of Corporate Communications at Raychem Corporation. During his 22 year Raychem career, Mr. Wylie served in a variety of human resource and government relations roles prior to serving in his most recent capacity as the company's senior communications and investor relations executive.
Mr. Wylie is a graduate of Williams College and holds an MBA degree from Stanford University. Mr. Lance Lissner, who previously had responsibility for Altera's investor relations and business development activities, will now focus exclusively on business development.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company, was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices and associated logic development software tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that can be programmed on-site, using software tools that run on personal computers or engineering workstations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. Altera's CMOS-based programmable logic devices address high-speed, high-density and low-power applications in the telecommunications, data communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.
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