Richard Edgar joined Imagination in 2011 as Director of Communications Technology, responsible for developing the strategy and roadmap for the company’s Ensigma communications IP portfolio. Mr. Edgar previously spent six years at CSR where he drove the development of the company’s Wi-Fi technology for its short-range wireless ICs and was responsible for the development of multiple advanced wireless technologies as part of the CTO’s office.
Before that, Mr Edgar managed 3Com’s enterprise wireless product portfolio, and prior to that was Product Manager for Wi-Fi chipsets at Lucent (later Agere Systems). He was part of the team at Buffalo Technologies that introduced Wi-Fi into Europe in 1998. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has held multiple leadership positions in the development of Wi-Fi Alliance Certification Programs. Mr Edgar holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Coventry University, UK.