Sarosh Vesuna Joins Meru Networks as Vice President, Business Development

Former Symbol/Motorola Executive Co-Wrote IEEE 802.11 WLAN Standard

Sarosh Vesuna, who co-wrote the IEEE 802.11 protocol standard and co-founded the Wi-Fi Alliance, has joined wireless infrastructure provider Meru Networks as vice president of business development. He reports to Meru CEO Ihab Abu-Hakima.

Vesuna comes to Meru from Motorola, where he was senior director of strategy and business development for the company’s wireless LAN business, overseeing corporate development, partner alliances and strategic direction. He had previously spent 15 years as senior director of strategy and business development at Symbol Technologies (acquired by Motorola in 2007), where he was instrumental in the development of key partnerships with such companies as Nokia, IBM, Cisco, Nortel, HP, Microsoft and Intel.

A co-author of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN protocol, Vesuna also co-founded the Wi-Fi Alliance and served on its board of directors and as treasurer and technical committee chair. He holds five U.S. patents and has an M.S.E.E. degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a B.S.E.E. from the University of Bombay.

“Sarosh is a true pioneer in the evolution of the standards-based wireless LAN and one of the earliest proponents of the all-wireless enterprise,” said Abu-Hakima. “He has a track record of architecting a long string of successful industry partnerships that helped propel Symbol to number-two position in the WLAN market. He will play a critical role in Meru’s growth by identifying and developing strategic relationships that leverage our position as a fourth-generation WLAN technology innovator.”

About Meru Networks

Meru Networks develops and markets wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry-leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru’s award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air quality of service with the reliability, scalability and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.

Contacts

Meru Networks, Inc.
Rachna Ahlawat, 408-916-1466
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Ulevich & Orrange, Inc.
Janis Ulevich, 650-329-1590
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