Steve has more than 25 years in senior management roles in the field-programmable-gate-array (FPGA) industry. Prior to joining Achronix, Steve was senior director of marketing at Altera (now Intel). Over his tenure at Altera, Steve managed many of the departments in marketing, including FPGA product marketing, customer and channel marketing, IP marketing and strategic partnerships, and corporate marketing. Mensor holds an MBA from Santa Clara University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.