Lattice Semiconductor appointed John McCool and Raejeanne Skillern to its board of directors, effective Oct. 21, 2026.
McCool brings more than 40 years of experience in semiconductors, networking and systems engineering. He is currently senior vice president and special advisor to the CEO at Arista Networks, after previously serving as Arista’s senior vice president and chief platform officer, where he oversaw hardware engineering, manufacturing operations and supply chain. Before Arista, he was senior vice president and general manager of DSSD at Dell EMC, president and CEO of Firetide, and held senior vice president and general manager roles at Cisco Systems. Earlier in his career, he held engineering leadership roles at Synoptics, Next Computer and AMD.
Skillern returns to the Lattice board after previously serving from 2022 to 2024. She has more than 30 years of experience in cloud, data center infrastructure and artificial intelligence. She was most recently vice president and chief marketing officer of Amazon Web Services, where she led the worldwide marketing organization. Before that, she was president of the communications, enterprise and cloud division at Flex. She spent 25 years at Intel, including as vice president and general manager of the cloud service provider group. She also serves on the boards of Jabil and Dycom Industries.
Jeff Richardson, Lattice’s chairman, said the company was pleased to add both directors, citing their experience in networking, cloud and data center infrastructure and noting Skillern’s return to the board. Following these announcements, the company's shares moved 0.35%, and are now trading at a price of $107.79. For the full picture, make sure to review LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP's 8-K report.
