Employees at Lattice Semiconductor rank Jim Anderson in the Top 5% of CEOs in Portland. Comparatively, employees at Microsemi Corporation rank James Peterson in the Bottom 5% of CEOs in Los Angeles. Employees rate their CEO differently based on the frequency of interaction, ability to affect company culture, and drive measurable results.

Jim Anderson

CEO of Lattice Semiconductor

BIO: Jim Anderson is Lattice Semiconductor’s President and Chief Executive Officer and serves on the company’s Board of Directors. He joined Lattice in September 2018 and focused the company on its mission as the leader in low power programmable solutions. Since then, the company accelerated its cadence of innovative product introductions and achieved record profitability. Prior to joining Lattice, Jim served as the senior vice president and general manager of AMD’s Computing and Graphics business group, where he was responsible for global sales, marketing, and engineering. While at AMD, Jim drove a transformation that brought disruptive new products to market and generated industry-leading revenue growth. Prior to AMD, Jim held a broad range of leadership positions spanning general management, engineering, sales, marketing, and corporate strategy at companies including Intel, Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies), and LSI Corporation. Jim serves on the Board of Directors of Sierra Wireless, a leader in edge-to-cloud solutions. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association, as well as the MIT Sloan Americas Executive Board and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Jim was previously a member of the Board of Directors of Qylur Intelligent Systems, a privately held AI/IoT security systems company. Jim holds an MBA and Master of Science in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University, and a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota. He holds four patents for innovations in computer architecture.

James Peterson

CEO of Microsemi Corporation

BIO: Mr. James J. Peterson has been Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Microsemi Corporation since November 2013 and was its President and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to November 2013. Mr. Peterson served as president of LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., a manufacturer of linear and mixed signal integrated from 1997 to 1999 and as its vice president of sales from 1996 to 1997. Prior to joining LinFinity Microelectronics, Inc., Mr. Peterson served as senior vice president, worldwide sales & corporate communications of Texas Instruments Storage Products Group from 1984 to 1996. Previously, Mr. Peterson rose to senior worldwide marketing and sales management positions with Silicon Systems, Inc., Rockwell Corporation and General Instruments Microelectronics. He has been Director of Microsemi Corporation since 2000. He holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration and an M.B.A from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.