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News Release from: Altera Europe
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 March 2007
All change in the Altera boardroom
A former Executive Vice President of Sun Microsystems is joining the board of directors at Altera, and two long-term directors are retiring.
John Shoemaker, former Executive Vice President of Sun Microsystems is joining the board of directors at Altera Shoemaker served 14 years in various executive management roles at Sun Microsystems, most recently as Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Computer Systems Division
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Prior to Sun, he spent 21 years in management roles at Xerox Corporation.
He is currently an investor, nonexecutive Chairman of the board of directors of SonicWall, and is a member of the board of trustees for Hannover College.
Altera has also announced the retirement of two long time directors.
Paul Newhagen, one of the founders of the company and William Terry, who has served on the board since 1994, will retire at the end of their current terms and will not seek re-election at the shareholders' meeting on 8th May 2007.
"John brings to Altera three decades of experience and success in the high-tech industry and is also noted for his exceptional leadership style and values", says John Daane, Altera's President, CEO and Chairman of the board.
"I would also like to thank Paul and Bill for their years of dedication and for their significant contributions to the growth and success of the company".
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