About
Randall is an Analyst for Gigaom Research and a recognized expert in the wireless industry. A seasoned technology executive, his experience spans design, development, marketing and sales of communications ICs and signal processing solutions. He has lived and worked in Switzerland, France, Germany, Finland and the United Kingdom, and he has extensive business experience in Japan and Asia. He now resides in Silicon Valley.
Randall has held executive positions with multiple companies, including Stream Processors, where he was also a co-founder, Morphics Technology and ZSP Corporation, where he helped develop the first commercial superscaler DSP architecture. Prior to ZSP, he was responsible for the $200+ million wireless semiconductor products business for GSM handsets and infrastructure at AT&T Microelectronics/Lucent Technologies. He also served in strategic marketing and applications management roles for the company’s mobile communications signal processors group.
Mr. Fahey has worked as an integrated circuits specialist for Nokia Mobile Phones in the UK, an ASIC design manager for AT&T Microelectronics in Munich, Germany, and Paris, France, and as a senior design engineer with Motorola’s European semiconductor division in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Randall began his technical career in IC design as an associate engineer with IBM in Burlington, Vermont.
Randall earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University, a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he participated in the executive MBA program at the AT&T School of Business. He holds dual citizenship in the United States and Switzerland.