Altera Leadership

Raghib Hussain​

Chief Executive Officer

​Raghib Hussain is the Chief Executive Officer of Altera. He leads the company’s global strategy, business operations, engineering execution, and R&D, driving Altera’s growth as a leader in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions. With deep technical expertise and a focus on execution, he is focused on accelerating the development of next-generation technologies for multiple target market applications, reinforcing Altera’s position as a high-performance, customer-driven semiconductor innovator.​

A seasoned technology executive with more than 30 years in semiconductors and systems, Raghib has a strong track record of delivering breakthrough innovation, spearheading large-scale transformation, and building cultures rooted in execution excellence, accountability, and customer obsession.​

​Before joining Altera, he served as President of Products and Technologies at Marvell, where he played a central role in repositioning the company as a leader in AI infrastructure silicon. He led strategy, product development, and R&D investments that fueled growth across key markets, helping the company more than double its revenue during his tenure.​

​Earlier in his career, Raghib co-founded Cavium and served as Chief Operating Officer, scaling the company into a billion-dollar business and a key player in data-centric processing before its acquisition by Marvell, a leading semiconductor solutions provider. He also held engineering and leadership roles at Cisco, Cadence, and the enterprise security startup VPNet.​

​Raghib holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from NED University in Karachi, Pakistan, and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from San Jose State University. He is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program and holds more than 40 patents in networking and security technologies.​

​He has served on the Board of Directors of Cirrus Logic, Inc. since 2021.