Craig H. Barratt (born 12 May 1962) is an Australian technology executive who served as Chief Executive Officer at

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until its acquisition by Intel in July 2019. Following the acquisition, and until his departure in May 2020, he served as senior vice president and general manager of the Connectivity Group under

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's Data Platforms Group. Barratt previously served as the

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from 2003, through its IPO in 2004 until its acquisition by

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in 2011. He continued as President of

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upon the close of the acquisition in May 2011 until early 2013. Barratt then served as Senior Vice President, Access and Energy, at

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from 2012 until 2016.

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

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package. He has also contributed to

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and other open source projects.

Education

Barratt holds Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees from

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, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in pure mathematics and physics from the

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in Australia. He completed high school at

Barker College Barker College is an independent Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, primary and secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school, located in Hornsby, New ...

in 1979. Barratt is the co-author of a book on ''Linear Controller Design'', which is now freely available online.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barratt, Craig Australian business executives 1962 births Living people Google employees People educated at Barker College