# Randy Battat

> Randy Battat is the co-founder and CEO of PreVeil, a Boston-based company building end-to-end encrypted email, file sharing and storage for organizations that handle data too sensitive to leave on a server in plaintext. Before betting on cryptography, he ran Airvana through the mobile-broadband boom, spent thirteen years at Apple shipping the PowerBook, and led networking at Motorola. His pitch is deceptively simple: you cannot steal what you cannot see.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at PreVeil
- **Organizations:** PreVeil, Airvana, Apple, Motorola
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads PreVeil, an end-to-end encrypted email and file-sharing platform built on MIT and Berkeley cryptography research, Grew Airvana from a startup to a 400-person global company and the #2 supplier of CDMA infrastructure software (customers included Verizon and Sprint), Served as VP of the PowerBook Division and VP of Worldwide Product Marketing during thirteen years at Apple

## Career timeline

- **1981** — Joined Apple, where he spent thirteen years including roles as VP of Worldwide Product Marketing and VP of the PowerBook Division
- **1994** — Became Senior Vice President of Motorola's Internet & Networking Group
- **2000** — Became President and CEO of Airvana, a mobile broadband infrastructure startup
- **2004** — Named New England Technology Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
- **2014** — Stepped down as Airvana CEO; served as Chairman of the Board through 2015
- **2015** — Co-founded PreVeil with Sanjeev Verma and Raluca Ada Popa, serving as CEO
- **2022** — PreVeil raised a Series C round (latest funding listed at $20M)

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads PreVeil, an end-to-end encrypted email and file-sharing platform built on MIT and Berkeley cryptography research
- Grew Airvana from a startup to a 400-person global company and the #2 supplier of CDMA infrastructure software (customers included Verizon and Sprint)
- Served as VP of the PowerBook Division and VP of Worldwide Product Marketing during thirteen years at Apple
- Named New England Technology Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004

## Latest updates

- **2022-10** — PreVeil raised a Series C round; total funding reported around $27M as the company leaned into CMMC and defense-contractor compliance.

## Links

- Website: https://preveil.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-battat
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PreVeil
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/EndToEndEncrypt/

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Last updated: 2026-06-03