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Craig Barratt

Industry Leader | Wireless Technology and Communications
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Craig Barratt

Industry Leader | Wireless Technology and Communications
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Biography

Craig Barratt is an industry leader in wireless technology and communications.  From 2013 to 2017, he was an SVP at Google, and CEO of Alphabet’s Access division, which includes Google Fiber, the gigabit-speed internet service. Prior to Google, Craig was President and CEO of Atheros, one of the semiconductor pioneers of Wi-Fi, where he led its public offering in 2004 and sale to Qualcomm in 2011.  Craig holds PhD, a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and B.Eng. and B.Sc. degrees from the University of Sydney.  He is the co-author of a book on Linear Controller Design, a co-inventor of 34 US patents, and several open source projects.