Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced on September 11, 2023, the company announced the appointment of Pravin Desale to the position of Senior Vice President, Research and Development effective September 11, 2023. The Company also appointed Stephen Douglass, one of the Company?s named executive officers, who has been serving in the role of Senior Vice President, Research and Development since 2018, as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer effective September 11, 2023, responsible for the long-term Lattice technology strategy. Mr. Desale has more than 30 years of R&D and technology leadership experience delivering complex silicon, software, and application-centric solutions for a variety of market verticals.

He most recently served as Senior Vice President of IoT Engineering at Semtech. Prior to the Semtech acquisition of Sierra Wireless, Pravin was the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Sierra Wireless where he was responsible for all hardware and software development. He also held previous technical leadership roles at Veritas Technologies, Seagate, and LSI Corporation.

He has a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunications degree from the College of Engineering Pune Technological University.