Victor Pang Appointed New Chief Operating Officer
Krishna Rangasay Appointed Senior Vice President of Sales

Xilinx announced its CEO succession plan for the next few years, including executive promotions.

Victor Pang has been appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) and manages global sales, global operations and quality, engineering, product, and vertical marketing.

Victor Peng, who joined Xilinx in 2008, served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Products from July 2014 until recently. Victor Peng has over 30 years of experience managing and launching FPGAs, All Programmable SoCs, GPUs, high-performance microprocessors and chipsets, and microprocessor IP products. Previously, he worked at AMD, ATI, and MIPS Technologies.

Krishna Rangasayee has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Sales. Since joining Xilinx in 1999, he has held various roles including sales, management, corporate portfolio strategy, vertical marketing, ecosystem partnerships, and product definition for next-generation platforms. Previously, he held engineering and marketing positions at Altera Corporation and Cypress Semiconductor.

As part of its management succession plan, Xilinx has signed a multi-year employment contract with current President and CEO Moshe Gavrielov. Handover and consulting work is included for an additional year following the CEO term.

“Victor Peng and his team will transform Xilinx into an all-programmable company more quickly,” said Mosh Gabrielov, President and CEO of Xilinx. He added, “Victor Peng has significantly enhanced Xilinx’s competitiveness and market expansion potential in the PLD industry. He has maintained the lead in core products for three consecutive times and has achieved meaningful results in integration and programming.”