Employees at Lattice Semiconductor rank Jim Anderson in the Top 5% of CEOs in Portland. Comparatively, employees at Power Integrations rank Balu Balakrishnan in the Bottom 30% of CEOs in San Francisco. 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.

Balu Balakrishnan

CEO of Power Integrations

BIO: Mr. Balu Balakrishnan has been the Chief Executive Officer at Power Integrations Inc., since January 2002 and its President since April 2001. Mr. Balakrishnan served as an Interim Chief Financial Officer of Power Integrations Inc. since May 2010. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Power Integrations Inc. from April 2001 to January 2002. From January 2000 to April 2001, he served as a Vice President of engineering and strategic marketing of Power Integrations Inc. and as its Vice President of Engineering & New Business Development from September 1997 to January 2000. From September 1994 to September 1997, Mr. Balakrishnan served as Vice President of Engineering and Marketing at Power Integrations. He has more than 30 years of engineering, marketing and management experience in the semiconductor industry. Before joining Power Integrations in 1989, Mr. Balakrishnan served at National Semiconductor Corporation. He has been a Director of Power Integrations Inc. since January 2002. He serves as Director at LensVector, Inc. He holds an M.S.E.E. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a B.S.E.E. from Bangalore University, India.