Xilinx announced that Patrick Little, 42, has been promoted to vice president of worldwide sales and services from his current position as vice president of worldwide sales. Little assumes responsibility for the company’s entire sales, service and support organization, which includes an extensive network of direct and independent sales organizations, manufacturer’s representatives and distributors in North America, Europe and Asia. Little succeeds Steve Haynes, 54 , who is retiring as senior vice president of worldwide sales and services after more than 20 years at Xilinx.
Little brings more than 20 years of operational, sales and marketing experience in semiconductor and consumer industries to his new role at the helm of the Xilinx sales organization. He joined Xilinx in 2003 as vice president and general manager of the CPLD business unit, with responsibility for overseeing all aspects of CPLD product design, operations, product planning and software processes. In April 2005 , Little was promoted to vice president of worldwide sales. Prior to Xilinx, Little served as president and CEO of Believe, Inc., a computer graphics imaging company he founded with the top-ranked venture firm, Crosspoint Venture Partners. Before that, he was executive vice president of sales and marketing at Rendition, Inc., a graphics IC company acquired by Micron Technology, Inc. Previously, Little was general manager of the consumer audio division at Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., and served in a variety of other management positions with Trident Microsystems, Inc., Opti, Inc and Wyse Technology, Inc. Little holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from San Jose State University.
