Leadership
Dominic Orr, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dominic Orr was named President and CEO of Aruba Networks in April 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Orr served as the company's Chairman of the Board. Previously, Dominic Orr was the president of Nortel Networks, Intelligent Internet Web Systems. He previously served as the president and chief executive of Alteon WebSystems which was merged with Nortel Networks in Oct. 2000. Mr. Orr has more than 20 years of experience in the computer systems and communication networking industry and has held senior positions at Bay Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Hughes Aircraft. Mr. Orr. is a member of the Sciences Board of Visitors at UCLA. He holds a BS in physics from City University of New York and a MS and PhD from California Institute of Technology.
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Hitesh Sheth, Chief Operating Officer
Hitesh Sheth joined Aruba Networks as Chief Operating Officer in August 2009. Prior to joining Aruba, Mr. Sheth led Juniper Networks' Ethernet Platforms Business Group, where he drove Juniper's entry into the switching market with the introduction of a comprehensive switching portfolio that generated strong revenue momentum. Prior to that position, Mr. Sheth led Juniper's Service Layer Technologies Business Group Before Juniper, Mr. Sheth spent seven years at Cisco where he held a number of senior general management, marketing, and business development positions. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Sheth held executive and engineering management positions at Liberate Technologies, Oracle Corporation and The Santa Cruz Operation (SCO). He received a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin.
Steffan Tomlinson, Chief Financial Officer
Steffan Tomlinson is the chief financial officer of Aruba Networks. Mr. Tomlinson has extensive financial and operational experience in both venture-backed and public companies in the software, hardware, and networking industries. Prior to joining Aruba, Mr. Tomlinson was the CFO of Peribit Networks, which was successfully sold to Juniper Networks. Prior to Peribit, Mr. Tomlinson was the director of financial planning and analysis for the Subscriber Networks Division at Excite@Home. Mr. Tomlinson has also held various finance and financial analyst positions at Oracle, spanning both domestic and international business units. Mr. Tomlinson earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BA from Trinity College.
Keerti Melkote, Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Keerti Melkote is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Aruba Networks. Prior to founding Aruba in 2002, Mr. Melkote held leadership roles in product management, technology marketing and engineering at Cisco, Intel and leading networking startups such as Shasta Networks. Mr. Melkote has extensive experience in leading entrepreneurial teams that have created new businesses and billion dollar product categories in the networking industry. His major accomplishments include the creation and delivery of Aruba's market leading secure mobile access solution, the industry's first broadband IP service delivery platform at Shasta Networks and Cisco's first gigabit switching products. Mr. Melkote received his MSEE from Purdue University and B.Tech in ECE from JNTU, Hyderabad. He has been granted multiple patents for innovations in the field of networking and communications.
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Board of Directors
Bernard Guidon
Industry Consultant, 25-year veteran of Hewlett-Packard Co.
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Emmanuel T. Hernandez
Former Chief Financial Officer, SunPower Corporation
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Michael R. Kourey
Sr. VP Finance & Administration, CFO, Director, Polycom
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Doug Leone
General Partner, Sequoia Capital
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Keerti Melkote
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Aruba Networks
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Dominic Orr
President and Chief Executive, Aruba Networks
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Willem "Wim" Roelandts
Chairman of the Board Xilinx, Inc.
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Shirish Sathaye
General Partner, Matrix Partners
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Dan Warmenhoven
Executive Chairman, NetApp, Inc.
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