Craig Randall

Craig Randall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), located in Fort Myers, FL. He holds a Ph.D. from Bentley University and can be reached at crandall@fgcu.edu or LH 3329.

His research focuses on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management. Prior to academia, Dr. Randall had a distinguished career in Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing, advancing to Vice President roles in global Fortune 500 firms. He founded two notable startups: a software venture in the early 1990s that achieved an IPO in 1997 and a storage software company in 2002, which was acquired in 2006 after sustained profitable growth.

His professional trajectory blends academic rigor with executive leadership, informing his teaching and research in business strategy and entrepreneurship.