Altera Leadership

Raghib Hussain is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Altera. He leads the company’s global strategy, business operations, engineering execution, and R&D, driving Altera’s growth as a leader in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions. With deep technical expertise and a focus on execution, he is focused on accelerating the development of next-generation technologies for multiple target market applications, reinforcing Altera’s position as a high-performance, customer-driven semiconductor innovator. A seasoned technology executive with more than 30 years in semiconductors and systems, Raghib has a strong track record of delivering breakthrough innovation, spearheading large-scale transformation, and building cultures rooted in execution excellence, accountability, and customer obsession. Before joining Altera, he served as President of Products and Technologies at Marvell, where he played a central role in repositioning the company as a leader in AI infrastructure silicon. He led strategy, product development, and R&D investments that fueled growth across key markets, helping the company more than double its revenue during his tenure. Earlier in his career, Raghib co-founded Cavium and served as Chief Operating Officer, scaling the company into a billion-dollar business and a key player in data-centric processing before its acquisition by Marvell, a leading semiconductor solutions provider. He also held engineering and leadership roles at Cisco, Cadence, and the enterprise security startup VPNet. Raghib holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from NED University in Karachi, Pakistan, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University. He is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program and holds more than 40 patents in networking and security technologies. He has served on the Board of Directors of Cirrus Logic, Inc. since 2021.

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Junaid Ahmed is Altera's Chief Financial Officer, where he leads the company's global finance organization. He oversees Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, and Global Places & Services. As a member of Altera's Executive Leadership Team, Junaid partners closely with leaders across the business to strengthen Altera's financial foundation, enable strategic growth, and create long-term value for customers, employees, and shareholders. Junaid brings more than 30 years of global leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Altera, he served as Corporate Vice President of Finance at Applied Materials, where he led corporate planning, finance strategy, enterprise portfolio management, finance transformation, and global indirect procurement. Earlier in his career, he held senior finance leadership positions at NXP Semiconductors, Freescale Semiconductor, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, building extensive expertise in financial operations, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and business transformation. Junaid earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, and Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering and Economics from the University of Rochester.

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Shiva Allen serves as Head of Human Resources for Altera, leading the company’s global HR organization and driving people strategies that enable business performance and long‑term growth. She oversees all aspects of talent, organizational effectiveness, and culture, ensuring alignment between Altera’s workforce priorities and its strategic objectives. A strategic, execution‑focused leader, Shiva is known for building high‑performing teams in fast‑scaling environments. She brings a pragmatic approach to organizational design, a commitment to operational excellence, and a leadership style grounded in clarity, accountability, and inclusivity. Her work is defined by an ability to bring focus to complex challenges and help organizations move with speed and alignment. Before joining Altera, Shiva held senior HR leadership roles at Marvell Technology and Western Digital, where she led global talent initiatives and led and executed multiple mergers and acquisitions, including post‑merger integration. Her experience spans organizational transformation, scaling global teams, and delivering measurable business outcomes. Shiva holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Irvine, and a master’s degree in Executive Human Resources Management from Cornell University.

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Garth Bossow is Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Altera. In this role, he leads the company’s global legal organization, overseeing corporate governance, compliance, privacy, and strategic legal initiatives that support Altera’s continued growth and evolution as an independent semiconductor company. Garth is an experienced legal executive with a strong track record advising technology companies through periods of growth and transformation. Prior to Altera, Garth served as Corporate Secretary and Vice President, Legal, Corporate & Privacy at Airbnb. There, he advised executive leadership and the Board of Directors on corporate governance, public company readiness, securities compliance, and M&A. He played a key role in Airbnb’s IPO, supported more than $10 billion in financing transactions, and built and led global teams. Earlier in his career, Garth held a series of senior legal leadership roles at SanDisk, where he partnered closely with executive management and the Board on major corporate transactions, SEC reporting, compliance, and strategic partnerships, including SanDisk’s joint ventures with Toshiba. Garth holds a JD and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

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Gopi Jandhyala is Head of Hardware Engineering at Altera. In this role, he leads the engineering teams responsible for the development and delivery of advanced hardware platforms across Altera’s FPGA and semiconductor portfolio, driving innovation in high-performance and custom silicon solutions. Gopi is a semiconductor engineering leader with extensive experience spanning custom silicon, data center infrastructure, and high-performance computing. His work has focused on developing scalable compute platforms, advancing networking and storage solutions, and enabling next-generation cloud and AI infrastructure. Prior to Altera, Gopi served as Senior Vice President of Custom Silicon Engineering at Marvell, where he led the development of custom compute and accelerated infrastructure products. Earlier, as Corporate Vice President in AMD’s Data Center Group, he led engineering for cloud, AI, and fintech networking solutions. He also held leadership roles at Xilinx, where he drove development of storage, networking, and IP solutions, and established engineering teams in India, as well as earlier roles at Intel focused on server CPUs and chipsets. Gopi holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications engineering from Andhra University and a master’s degree in engineering with a concentration in VLSI from The University of Toledo.

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Craig Leclair is Head of Execution and Strategy at Altera, where he leads strategic planning, business operations, and execution across the company’s FPGA portfolio.

Craig is a semiconductor industry leader with extensive experience spanning strategy, operations, and product management. He has held senior leadership roles across transformation and go-to-market execution, with a focus on driving growth and operational excellence.

Prior to rejoining Altera in 2025, Craig served as Head of Business Operations and Chief of Staff at Marvell, where he led business operations and strengthened execution for the Storage and Data Center business unit.

He began his career at Altera, where he spent three decades leading teams within marketing and IT, including roles as Head of Product and Corporate Marketing and Strategy and Chief Information Officer. In his business management roles, he led shaping go-to-market strategies, strengthening Altera’s position in the FPGA market, and driving product adoption and revenue growth globally.

Craig holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Santa Clara University.

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Nishit Sahay is Chief Information Officer at Altera, where he leads the company’s global technology strategy, with a focus on strengthening cybersecurity, expanding the use of data, and advancing enterprise AI. He also oversees the company’s IT organization, reinforcing the secure, scalable technology foundation that supports Altera’s long-term growth. Before joining Altera, Nishit was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Marvell Technology, where he led the company’s corporate IT organization, Data Office, and Enterprise AI initiatives, helping strengthen its technology infrastructure and advance its digital transformation strategy. Previously, Sahay served as a technology leader at Maxim Integrated, where he spearheaded digital transformation initiatives that streamlined operations and enhanced efficiency. Earlier in his career, he played a pivotal role in multiple transformation programs focused on business process optimization and technology integration, building deep expertise in aligning IT with enterprise growth strategies. Nishit holds a Master of Science in Data Science from UC Berkeley, a Master’s in Technology Management from The Wharton School/SEAS, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University.

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Farhad Shafai is a seasoned technology leader with deep expertise in FPGA architecture, silicon innovation and bringing advanced technologies into real-world deployment. Farhad leads Altera’s Business Solutions and Marketing organization, where he helps shape technology strategy and drive long-term growth by focusing on scalable, high-performance solutions that enable next-generation intelligent systems.

Throughout his career, Farhad has helped align technical innovation with customer and market needs across AI, networking, and silicon technologies. Before joining Altera, Farhad held leadership and engineering roles at NVIDIA, Meta, and Xilinx, where he worked on advanced silicon, networking, and accelerated computing technologies powering large-scale AI and data infrastructure. He is also the founder of two semiconductor companies, pioneered several key networking technologies, and holds several patents in circuit design, logic design and memory design.

He holds advanced degrees from Carleton University and the University of Toronto in electrical engineering with a focus on digital systems and high-performance silicon design.

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Sina Soltani is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Altera. In this role, he leads global sales, go-to-market strategy, and customer engagement and support across all market segments, driving growth as Altera moves to its next phase as a standalone company. With more than 27 years of experience in the semiconductor and computing industry, Sina has built a career at the intersection of technology, strategy, and customer partnerships. Prior to joining Altera, he served as Corporate Vice President at AMD, where he led data center worldwide sales. His leadership helped expand AMD’s footprint in hyperscale data centers, securing key design wins and accelerating AMD’s share across compute and GPU workloads. Before AMD, Sina held multiple leadership roles at Xilinx, including Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Communications and Data Center, where he guided the transition toward next-generation FPGA architectures and established deep engineering and business relationships with global OEMs and cloud providers. Earlier in his career, he led ASIC and FPGA design teams at Nokia, Nortel, and several startups, combining hands-on technical experience with business acumen that continues to define his leadership approach. Sina holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the inventor on 12 U.S. patents related to networking congestion management and switch fabric design.

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Vincent Tong is Head of Global Operations and Quality at Altera Corporation, bringing over 38 years of leadership experience across product development, manufacturing technology, global operations, and business development in the semiconductor industry. A recognized pioneer of the fabless model, Tong previously served as Executive Vice President of Global Operations at Xilinx and Chief Quality Officer at AMD. He began his career with engineering and management roles at Monolithic Memories and AMD before joining Xilinx in 1990. Following AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx in 2022, he rejoined AMD, continuing to shape global operations strategy. Throughout his career, Tong has driven large-scale operational excellence and innovation. Under his leadership, Xilinx achieved a $4 billion annual revenue run rate prior to the merger, while consistently delivering best-in-class quality across FPGA products, including achieving near-zero parts-per-million (ppm) defect levels. Tong has been at the forefront of semiconductor innovation, partnering with leading foundries and OSAT providers to bring industry-first technologies into mass production, including 12-inch wafer bumping and CoWoS advanced packaging. More recently, he has focused on next-generation technologies such as SoIC and HBM, as well as advancing digital transformation and the application of AI and machine learning in supply chain and operations. His global leadership experience includes seven years based in Singapore, where he previously established Xilinx’s Asia-Pacific headquarters and expanded business development across Greater China, Japan, Korea, and ASEAN. Tong holds a degree from the University of California, Berkeley and is the inventor of seven U.S. patents in R&D and product development. He has served two terms on the Global Semiconductor Association Board and currently advises multiple technology companies.

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Hua Xue is Head of Software, IP and Solutions at Altera. In this role, he leads the engineering teams responsible for developing and delivering the software, IP, and tools that enable a best-in-class user experience across Altera’s FPGA and SoC FPGA portfolio. Hua is a semiconductor and software leader with more than 30 years of experience spanning FPGA architecture, design software, and software–silicon co-design. His work has focused on enabling silicon, optimizing performance, and advancing end-to-end design and acceleration of software platforms. Prior to Altera, Hua served as Vice President and General Manager of Programmable Software Solutions in Intel’s Programmable Solutions Group (PSG). Earlier, he was Corporate Vice President of R&D at Lattice Semiconductor, where he led development of low-power FPGA products, design tools, and IP solutions. He has also held roles at Magma Design Automation, Xilinx, and Eindhoven University of Technology. Hua holds eight U.S. patents and earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Fudan University.

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