Craig Barratt
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Craig H. Barratt (born 12 May 1962) is an Australian technology executive who served as Chief Executive Officer at Barefoot Networks until its acquisition by Intel in July 2019.[1] Following the acquisition, and until his departure in May 2020, he served as senior vice president and general manager of the Connectivity Group under Intel's Data Platforms Group.[2]
Barratt previously served as the CEO of Atheros from 2003, through its IPO in 2004 until its acquisition by Qualcomm in 2011.[3] He continued as President of Qualcomm Atheros upon the close of the acquisition in May 2011[4] until early 2013. Barratt then served as Senior Vice President, Access and Energy, at Google from 2012 until 2016.[5][6][7]
Intel Board Chair
Barratt joined Intel's board in November, 2025 as an independent director.[8] On March 3, 2026 it was announced that Barratt would succeed Frank Yeary as the chair of Intel's board. [9]
Open source software
Barratt is the author of BackupPC, an open source backup system. He is the author of the original version of PSfrag, a LaTeX package. He has also contributed to Rsync and other open source projects.
Education
Barratt holds Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees from Stanford University, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in pure mathematics and physics from the University of Sydney in Australia.[10] He completed high school at Barker College in 1979.
Barratt is the co-author of a book on Linear Controller Design, which is now freely available online.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Ushering in the next era of growth". Barefoot Networks Blog. 7 February 2017.
- ^ "Ex-Barefoot Networks CEO Leaves Intel Less Than Year After Acquisition". CRN. 9 July 2020.
- ^ Ashlee Vance (5 January 2011). "Silicon Valley's Other Craig (Barratt) Cashes In". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2011.
- ^ "Qualcomm Completes $3.1 Billion Acquisition of Atheros Communications - Qualcomm". Qualcomm.
- ^ Rolfe Winkler and Alistair Barr (23 June 2014). "A New Face Near the Top of Google". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones and Company, Inc.
- ^ Alistair Barr (23 January 2015). "Google's Wireless Efforts Are Led by a Geek's Geek". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
- ^ "Advancing Our Amazing Bet". Google Fiber Blog. 25 October 2016.
- ^ Intel Press Release. 3 March 2026 https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1762/intel-board-chair-frank-d-yeary-to-retire-following-annual%20=%20Intel%20Board%20Chair%20Frank%20D.%20Yeary%20to%20Retire%20Following%20Annual%20Meeting;%20Dr.%20Craig%20H.%20Barratt%20Elected%20as%20Chair.
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- ^ Boyd, Stephen P; Barratt, Craig H (1991), Linear controller design : limits of performance, Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0-13-538687-3
- ^ Chen, Guanrong (11 December 1992). "Linear Controller Design: Limits of Performance (Stephen P. Boyd and Craig H. Barratt)". SIAM Review. 34 (4): 663–665. doi:10.1137/1034133. ISSN 0036-1445.