Career
Rajan Raghavan's working career is very reaching. He is a pioneer in the Semiconductor Intellectual property industry. One of the most successful in the standards-based IP arena. Successfully sold the company to Phoenix Technologies which later spun it out into the public market as InSilicon. Cited as one of the industry visionaries in the Semiconductor IP arena. Later he co-founded RealChip Communications. Set the vision of the company towards a fabless ASIC direction, which has now become mainstream. Also, developed the specification and direction in the VOIP segment. Then he co-founded the company. Jointly developed the company vision for the XML, security and financial industries. Developed the specification of the product, market sizing and helped in the launch of the company and the product. Now he is CEO at The Fabric. The Fabric, a company co-creator, is a unique approach to inspire, incubate, and invest in the next generation of innovative technology companies that are creating a new flexible and efficient network architecture.
Mr. Rajan Raghavan is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Fabric LLC. Mr. Raghavan co-founded Nokeena Networks Inc. in February 2008, serves as Chief Executive Officer and President. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ankeena and Mediaway. Mr. Raghavan co-founded Xambala Inc. and served as its Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. He served as Chief Technology Officer of NetScaler. He served as Senior Vice President of Exodus Communications. Mr. Raghavan is an industry veteran and serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of industry experience as well as multiple successful founders and startup exits. He founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of RealChip Communications, where he established the real chips fabless ASIC and VOIP segment strategies. Mr. Raghavan also founded and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Virtual Chips. He worked at Data General, ICS, Real Chips, Chips and Technology, Cirrus Logic and Fairchild Semiconductor. He serves as a Director of Nokeena Networks Inc. Mr. Raghavan holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communications from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli; an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University; and an M.B.A. from Syracuse University.