Craig Barratt, former Google SVP and CEO of Alphabet's Access Business, which includes the Google Fiber broadband internet service has joined Barefoot as the new CEO.
Prior to Google, he served as President of Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. following the acquisition of Atheros Communications by Qualcomm. From 2003, he was President and CEO of Atheros. He led the company through its 2004 IPO and growth to more than $900 million in revenue in 2010 and the $3.6 billion acquisition by Qualcomm in 2011.
Barratt joins Barefoot as the company ramps quickly following its June 2016 launch and sampling of the industry's first 6.5Tb/s P4-programmable Ethernet switch chip, Tofino in Q4 '16.
Barefoot has since announced the availability of multiple systems, including sharing the first 6.5Tb/s Wedge 100B system with the Open Compute Project (OCP) in January of this year. Networking systems built on Tofino are currently under development with several Barefoot partners.
Nick McKeown, Chief Scientish, Chaiman and Co-Founder at Barefoot
At Atheros, Qualcomm and Google, Craig built businesses of great and lasting value, and executed impressively to accelerate growth and diversification. With interest growing quickly in Barefoot's programmable switches, Craig will help us build on our strong lead in transforming how networks are built.
Martin Azzad, Founding CEO, Barefoot
His experience, talent, and drive are unparalleled, and I'm looking forward to having him on board. We've reached a point in the company in which we can benefit from the depth of experience Craig brings. I'm excited about my new role as VP Technology, in which I'll focus on driving alignment of the company's roadmap with existing and emerging technologies and methodologies, working with partners and customers.
