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Lattice Semiconductor Corporation: Industry and Technology Veteran Hans Schwarz Joins Lattice Semiconductor Board of Directors

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  Published in Science and Technology on Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 13:32 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-06-04 13:33:04 by Market Wire
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HILLSBORO, OR--(Marketwire - June 4, 2009) - Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: [ LSCC ]) today announced the appointment of Hans Schwarz to its Board of Directors. Mr. Schwarz was most recently with The Galleon Group as Managing Director of the Galleon Crossover Fund, where he was responsible for searching and selecting innovative, technology- or market-leading companies for venture funding. Mr. Schwarz also worked with and guided the management of selected companies on strategic as well as operational issues.

Until July 2007, Mr. Schwarz served as Xilinx's Vice President of Business Strategy and Corporate Development. Between 1995 and 2007, Mr. Schwarz was responsible for Xilinx's corporate strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments and corporate partnerships. He joined Xilinx in 1992 as a product marketing director. Prior to joining Xilinx, Mr. Schwarz was with Chips and Technologies, LSI Logic Corporation and Fairchild Semiconductor with a broad range of senior executive responsibilities including product marketing and systems engineering. Mr. Schwarz holds a BS in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Santa Clara University.

"We are very pleased that Hans has agreed to join our board. His broad experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly in the programmable logic space, strategy formation and semiconductor business operations with multiple companies will be a great resource as the board and the management team guide Lattice to renewed revenue growth and profitability," said Patrick Jones, Lattice's Chairman of the Board.

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