Intel Corporation announced that Craig H. Barratt, Ph.D., 63, has been appointed to its board of directors, effective November 10, 2025. Dr. Barratt will serve as an independent director. Dr. Barratt brings more than three decades of leadership experience in the semiconductor and technology industries.
He previously served as CEO of Atheros Communications, a pioneer in wireless semiconductor technology, where he led the company through a successful IPO and its $3.1 billion acquisition by Qualcomm. He also previously served as SVP of Intel?s ethernet, photonics and networking businesses, after joining the company following its acquisition of Barefoot Networks, of which he was chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Dr. Barratt held senior leadership roles at Google, where he oversaw Google Fiber and other broadband and energy initiatives.
Dr. Barratt currently serves as lead independent director of Intuitive Surgical Inc., and as a board member of Astera Labs Inc., as well as several private companies. Dr. Barratt's senior management experience spans several decades and includes Atheros Communications Inc., a semiconductor company that developed wireless and networking chipsets, where he joined as vice president of technology in 2002 and became president and chief executive officer in 2003. At Atheros, he led the company through its initial public offering in 2004 and its acquisition by Qualcomm Incorporated in 2011.
Dr. Barratt remained on as president of Qualcomm Atheros until 2013, leading the non-cellular wireless and networking product businesses following the acquisition. Thereafter, from 2013 to 2017, Dr. Barratt was chief executive officer of access and energy at technology company Alphabet Inc. and a senior vice president at its subsidiary Google LLC, where he led Google Fiber and various internet access and energy projects. After that, he was chief executive officer at Barefoot Networks Inc., a computer networking company, from 2017 until its acquisition by Intel 2019, after which he remained with Intel until 2020 as senior vice president leading Intel's ethernet, photonics and networking businesses.
Earlier in his career, prior to Atheros, Dr. Barratt held various senior roles at ArrayComm, a wireless communications software company, from 1992 to 2002, including executive vice president and general manager, chief operating officer, and vice president of engineering. Dr. Barratt holds a B.Sc. in Pure Mathematics and Physics and a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sydney, Australia, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.
