Thomas Lavelle, ’76

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Rambus

Mr. Thomas Lavelle ’76 is Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Rambus. He has served in his current position since December 2006. Previous to that, he served as vice president and general counsel at Xilinx, one of the worlds leading suppliers of programmable chips. Mr. Lavelle joined Xilinx in 1999 after spending more than 15 years at Intel Corporation where he held various positions in the legal department. Mr. Lavelle earned a J.D. from Santa Clara Law and a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles.