Senior Vice President & General Manager, Wireless Connectivity Group
The Wireless Connectivity Group headed by Bob Rango
is responsible for pursuing end-to-end wireless opportunities
for the home, business and mobile markets. The Group oversees
Broadcom's 802.11/Wi-Fi®, Bluetooth®, and Voice
over IP (VoIP) products. Wireless connectivity products
can be found in mobile handsets, notebook and desktop computers,
IP phones, home gateways, and other wireless-enabled consumer
electronics and peripherals, such as printers, game platforms,
and keyboards.
Mr. Rango joined Broadcom in March 2002 and became Vice
President and General Manager of the Network Infrastructure
Business Unit in October 2002. In September 2003 Mr. Rango
was elected to the position of Group Vice President, Mobile
& Wireless Group. Previously, from 1995 to 2002 Mr.
Rango held several Vice President and General Manager
positions at Lucent Microelectronics, a networking
communications company, and Agere Systems, a semiconductor
manufacturer, in their Optical Access, New Business Initiatives
and Modem/ Multimedia Divisions. Previously, Mr. Rango held
various positions with AT&T Bell Labs for over ten years.
Mr. Rango received a B.S.E.E. from the State University
of New York at Stony Brook and an M.S.E.E. from Cornell
University.