---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-232615"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LSCC"
cik: "0000855658"
company_name: "LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:32:41.976027+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lattice appoints Pravin Desale as SVP R&D; Steve Douglass becomes CTO

## Summary
- Pravin Desale appointed SVP of R&D effective Sept. 11, 2023.
- Steve Douglass transitions from SVP R&D to CTO, responsible for long-term tech strategy.
- Desale brings 30+ years of experience, most recently as SVP IoT Engineering at Semtech.
- CEO Jim Anderson cites Desale's experience to strengthen innovation and thanks Douglass.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-232615
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LSCC
- cik: 0000855658
- company_name: LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855658/000119312523232615/0001193125-23-232615-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855658/000119312523232615/d551435d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-232615.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Douglass was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer at LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
  source text: The Company also appointed Stephen Douglass, one of the Company’s named executive officers, who has been serving in the role of Senior Vice President, Research and Development, as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer effective September 11, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855658/000119312523232615/0001193125-23-232615-index.htm
- Executive change
  Pravin Desale was appointed as Senior Vice President, Research and Development at LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Research and Development
  source text: On September 11, 2023, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Pravin Desale to the position of Senior Vice President, Research and Development effective September 11, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/855658/000119312523232615/0001193125-23-232615-index.htm

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