Ford Tamer
Ford Tamer is Lattice Semiconductor’s Chief Executive Officer and serves on the company’s Board of Directors. He joined Lattice in September 2024.
Ford brings to his role extensive industry experience and leadership spanning 20 years in semiconductors and 10 years in software. Before to joining Lattice, in his most recent operating position, Ford served as President and CEO of Inphi for more than nine years, where he led the company to become the market leader for electro-optics solutions for cloud and telecom operators until its merger with Marvell Technologies, Inc. Prior to Inphi, he was CEO of Telegent Systems, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Infrastructure Networking Group, co-founder and CEO of Agere Inc., amongst other operating roles earlier in his career. He also, most recently, held a senior operating partner role at Francisco Partners.
Ford holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from MIT. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Teradyne Inc. and Groq, Inc., and previously served on the Board of Marvell Technologies, Inc.