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Biography PhotoDarin G. Billerbeck
President and Chief Executive Officer
Darin G. Billerbeck
President and Chief Executive Officer


Darin Billerbeck joined Lattice in November 2010 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Billerbeck served as President and CEO of Zilog, which was acquired by IXYS Corporation.

Prior to joining Zilog, he served 18 years in various executive and management po... 
Biography PhotoJoe Bedewi
Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joe Bedewi
Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Joe Bedewi joined Lattice in April of 2011 as Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. During his earlier 17 year tenure at Intel Corporation, Mr. Bedewi served as Financial Controller for several groups, and held various other financial and operational management roles. His operati... 
Biography PhotoStacy Fender
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Stacy Fender
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Sales


Stacy Fender joined Lattice in November 2008 as Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Fender was Managing Director, Asia Pacific for Xilinx Corporation, and while at Xilinx also held several senior executive management positions spanning sales, operations and bus... 
Biography PhotoMichael J.  Gariepy
Vice President, Corporate and Customer Quality
Michael J.  Gariepy
Vice President, Corporate and Customer Quality


Michael Gariepy joined Lattice in 1999 as Director of Quality Assurance through the Vantis acquisition. He was promoted to Vice President, Reliability and Quality Assurance, in August 2006. His current position as VP, Corporate and Customer Quality, reflects the commitment to driving the needs and e... 
Biography PhotoDouglas Hunter
Chief of Staff and Vice President, Corporate Marketing
Douglas Hunter
Chief of Staff and Vice President, Corporate Marketing


Douglas Hunter joined Lattice in 1999. Mr. Hunter was promoted to Vice President of Corporate Marketing in 2009 and assumed the role of Chief of Staff in 2011. Previously, Mr. Hunter was Lattice’s Director of Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Hunter was with The Boston Consulting Gr... 
Biography PhotoByron Milstead
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Byron Milstead
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary


Byron Milstead joined Lattice in May 2008 as Corporate Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Milstead was senior vice president and general counsel of Credence Systems Corporation, and was previously a partner with Ater Wynne LLC and with Bogle & Gates PLLC. ... 
Biography PhotoSean Riley
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Business Unit
Sean Riley
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure Business Unit


Sean Riley joined Lattice in September 2008. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Riley was Vice President of Marketing for MathStar, a programmable logic startup company. Mr. Riley joined MathStar from Intel Corporation, where he spent thirteen years in various marketing, engineering and general managemen... 
Biography PhotoDavid L. Rutledge
Chief Technology Officer
David L. Rutledge
Chief Technology Officer


David L. Rutledge joined then start-up Lattice Semiconductor in 1983 as its 31st employee after working for Harris Semiconductor in the late 70’s. He has over twenty years of programmable logic development experience. Mr. Rutledge pioneered the concept of In-System Programmability (ISP) and develope... 
Biography PhotoKapil Shankar
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Business Unit
Kapil Shankar
Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Business Unit


Kapil Shankar joined Lattice in December 2011. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Shankar was founder and CEO of SiliconBlue. He has over 20 years of experience in semiconductors and programmable logic. At Xilinx, he spearheaded low cost, consumer FPGA Spartan products. Previously at Lattice, Kapil cr... 
Biography PhotoSherif Sweha
Corporate Vice President, Research and Development
Sherif Sweha
Corporate Vice President, Research and Development


Sherif Sweha joined Lattice in February 2011 as Corporate Vice President of Research & Development. Prior to joining Lattice, Mr.Sweha served as Vice President of Engineering for Embedded Memories and Logic Libraries at Virage Logic, which was acquired by Synopsys

Mr. Sweha brings more th... 
Biography PhotoRick White
Corporate Vice President, Operations
Rick White
Corporate Vice President, Operations


Rick White is Lattice’s Corporate Vice President, Operations. Prior to joining Lattice in 2011, Mr. White served as Vice President, Operations Worldwide of Zilog Inc., where he was responsible for the complete supply chain and all related disciplines.

During his time at Zilog, Mr. White dro... 
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