Altera Corp.

Mr. Daane has served as our president and chief executive officer since November 2000 and was named chairman of the board in May 2003. He has served as one of our directors since December 2000. Prior to joining us, Mr. Daane spent 15 years at LSI Logic Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer, most recently as executive vice president, communications products group. In this role, he was responsible for ASIC technology development and the computer, consumer, and communications divisions.

Mr. Papa joined us in February 2002 as senior vice president, worldwide sales. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Papa served as vice president of worldwide sales of the communications business group of Marvell Semiconductor, Incorporated. From 1997 to 2000, he served as vice president of worldwide sales for Level One Communications, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, a semiconductor company. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Papa served as vice president of North American sales for Siemens Corporation, a diversified global technology company.

Ms. Schuelke joined us in March 1996 as corporate attorney. She became senior corporate attorney in July 1997 and assistant general counsel and assistant secretary in July 1999. In October 2001, she was appointed vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Prior to joining us, Ms. Schuelke was an attorney at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, LLP for seven years.

Mr. Lyman joined us in January 2008 as vice president of human resources, responsible for Altera's global talent management strategy and programs. Prior to joining us, he was employed at Advanced Micro Devices, where he most recently served as senior vice president of corporate human resources. Mr. Lyman has over 25 years of experience linking strategy, people, and business results, and has also held human resources management roles at Lockheed, GenRad, and General DataComm Industries.

Mr. Wylie joined us in March 2000 as vice president of investor relations. Previously, he was director of corporate communications at Raychem where he was responsible for investor relations, government and community relations, as well as the company's communications activities.

Tim Southgate, is vice president of software engineering for Stream Processors Inc. (SPI), directing the development of all design tools and application software for the company. Before joining SPI, Mr. Southgate held executive positions at Altera Corp., where he led all worldwide corporate marketing activities and played an integral role in establishing the company as the leader in programmable logic devices. During his 20 years with the company he managed several of Altera's major product launches, and was also directly involved in software development. Mr. Southgate holds a masters of business administration from Santa Clara University and a bachelors in electrical engineering from the University of Southampton, England.

Mr. Hata joined us in December 1999 as vice president of product engineering. In October of 2000, he added the responsibilities of test development and process technology development. In March of 2007, Mr. Hata was promoted to vice president, worldwide operations and engineering, and added the responsibility for operations, packaging, and QA. Prior to joining Altera, he was a director of foundry operations and product engineering at National Semiconductor. Mr. Hata has over 25 years of industry experience, including management positions at LSI Logic and SGS Thomson.

Mr. Plofsky joined us in February 2001 as senior vice president, vertical markets and embedded processor products and became senior vice president, applications business groups in March 2002, senior vice president, marketing in November 2004, and senior vice president and general manager, Altera Penang in March 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Plofsky was employed by LSI Logic from 1996 to 2001, most recently as executive vice president of the enterprise infrastructure group. Mr. Plofsky has more than 20 years of semiconductor experience, including positions at Analog Devices and Harris Corporation.

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Mr. Biran joined us in January 2005 as vice president, product and corporate marketing and became senior vice president, product and corporate marketing in May 2007. He became senior vice president, marketing in March 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Biran was president and CEO of Silverback Systems from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Biran has 25 years of semiconductor experience, including positions at LSI Logic and National Semiconductor.

Mr. Lissner joined us in May 1998 as vice president of business development and investor relations, and was appointed senior vice president, business development in November 2000, which includes responsibility for information technology. Prior to that time, Mr. Lissner was a corporate officer of Measurex Corporation, a developer of computer-integrated measurement, control, and information systems, where he was employed since 1973 and held various positions in sales, marketing, engineering, and business development.

Dr. Burich manages research and development for all new FPGA architectures, structured ASIC, design software, embedded processors, intellectual property libraries, and system solutions. Prior to joining Altera in December of 2000, he served as a vice president of R&D at various electronic design automation (EDA) companies, including Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, Silicon Compiler Systems, and Silicon Design Labs, which he co-founded in 1984. Dr. Burich began his career at Bell Laboratories Research in 1978.

Susan Wang is a retired senior executive and corporate officer who spent more than 25 years in high-tech financial, consulting and senior management positions. As executive vice president, business development and corporate secretary of Solectron, she had responsibility for Solectron's long-range planning process and business development efforts and was the electronic manufacturing services industry's highest-ranking female executive. Ms. Wang began her career at Solectron in 1984 as director of finance. She was promoted to vice president of finance and chief financial officer in 1986, became a senior vice president in 1990 and corporate secretary in 1992. She oversaw the company's initial public offering in 1989 and guided its growth into the world's largest electronics manufacturing services company. Before joining Solectron, she held financial and accounting management positions with Xerox Corporation and Westvaco Corporation. A certified public accountant, she began her career with Price Waterhouse & Co. in New York. Ms. Wang also is active in a number of professional and community leadership roles. She chaired the Financial Executive Research Foundation, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and of the Financial Executive Institute. In 1995 she won the YWCA's Top Women in Industry Award, and she was named one of the San Francisco Bay Area's most powerful corporate women. She earned a master's in business administration from the University of Connecticut and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Texas.

Susan Wang has served as a member of our Board of Directors since March 2009. Ms. Wang retired from Solectron Corporation in 2002 from her position as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. From 2003 to 2008, she served as a director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of Calpine Corporation. She is currently a director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of Avanex Corporation, Altera Corporation, and Nektar Therapeutics. She also is a member of the Compensation Committee of Avanex Corporation. Ms. Wang is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Texas and an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut.

Mr. McGarity was Senior Vice President of worldwide marketing and sales for Texas Instruments. During part of his 27 years with the company, Mr. McGarity lived and worked in France and England. Throughout his career Mr. McGarity managed the sales, applications, strategic marketing and distribution functions. He also managed the company's first pan-European semiconductor business structure and established and implemented a global distribution strategy that accounts for 20 percent of Texas Instrument's business. As Senior Vice President, McGarity was credited with having transformed TI from a technical-manufacturing organization into a global, marketing-focused enterprise. Beyond that, Mr. McGarity, was responsible for the global semiconductor group's information technology services and worldwide quality organization. Prior to his career with TI, Mr. McGarity was a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and piloted an A6 Aircraft in the Vietnam War. Mr. McGarity studied at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he obtained a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering as well as his Naval Reserve Officer Training.