People: Meru Networks Inc (MERU.W)
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3.72USD
20 May 2013
3.72USD
20 May 2013
Price Change (% chg)
$0.17 (+4.79%)
$0.17 (+4.79%)
Prev Close
$3.55
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Open
$3.57
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Day's High
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Volume
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1,147
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52-wk High
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52-wk Low
$1.42
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
William Quigley |
47 | 2011 | Independent Chairman of the Board |
Bami Bastani |
2012 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director | |
Barry Newman |
53 | 2011 | Independent Vice Chairman of the Board |
Brett White |
49 | 2007 | Chief Financial Officer |
Larry Vaughan |
56 | 2011 | Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales, Services and Support |
Kamaljit Anand |
47 | 2009 | Senior Vice President - Product Marketing |
Harold Copperman |
65 | 2013 | Lead Independent Director |
Charles Kissner |
65 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Stanley Meresman |
66 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Nicholas Mitsakos |
52 | 2002 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
William Quigley |
Mr. William Quigley is the Independent Chairman of the Board of Meru Networks Inc. Mr. Quigley has served as one of the directors since November 2002, and since May 2010 has served as the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Quigley is a Managing Director at Clearstone Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. He joined Clearstone shortly after its formation in 1999, from Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, where he served as an investor and Kauffman Fellow. Mr. Quigley holds a B.S. in Accounting, with honors, from the University of Southern California and he received his M.B.A., with distinction, from Harvard Business School. |
Bami Bastani |
Dr. Bami Bastani, Ph. D., is the President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Meru Networks, Inc. Prior to joining Meru, he was Chief Executive Officer and President of Trident Microsystems, Inc., a semiconductor company, from June 2011 through the present (and it is anticipated will remain so until May 2012). Prior to joining Trident, Dr. Bastani was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B2 Global Consulting, LLC, a management consulting firm from August 2008 until June 2011. From October 1998 to August 2008, Dr. Bastani was President and Chief Executive Officer of ANADIGICS, Inc. a semiconductor company providing RF solutions for the wireless and broadband communications equipment markets. From 1996 to 1998, Dr. Bastani was Executive Vice President of Fujitsu Microelectronics, where he led the Systems LSI Group, including ASIC System-On-Chip, Local Area Networks, SPARC processors, and RFICs. Previously, he served for more than a decade at National Semiconductor where he held several key executive positions, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded Technologies Division. He received a Ph.D. degree and an M.S.E.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University and a B.S.E.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Arkansas. |
Barry Newman |
Mr. Barry A. Newman is the Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of Meru Networks Inc. Mr. Newman has served as one of the directors since June 2006, and served as the Vice Chairman of the board of directors from October 2011 through March 2012. Mr. Newman was a Managing Director at NeoCarta Ventures, Inc., a venture capital firm, from July 2006 until December 2011. From January 2005 until June 2006, Mr. Newman worked as an independent consultant and member of the board of directors for various private companies. Mr. Newman served as a Vice Chairman of the Technology Group at Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc. from 2001 to 2004, the Head of Global Technology Corporate and Investment Banking for Banc of America Securities L.L.C. and its predecessor Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities LLC from 1999 to 2001 and as the head of Global Technology Corporate finance at Salomon Brothers and Salomon Smith Barney from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Newman holds a B.S. degree in both Chemical Engineering and Life Sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. and a J.D. from Stanford University and an L.L.M. (Taxation) from NYU. |
Brett White |
Mr. Brett White is Chief Financial Officer of Meru Networks Inc. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. White served as Chief Financial Officer at Fortinet, Inc., a network security appliances provider, from 2005 to 2007, at Corio, Inc., a software application service provider, from 2002 to 2005, and at KANA Software, Inc., a software company, from 2001 to 2002. Mr. White also worked at Oracle Corporation, a business software company, from 1989 to 1999, where he rose to the position of Vice President of Finance. Mr. White holds a B.A. in Business Economics with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
Larry Vaughan |
Mr. Larry Vaughan is the Senior Vice President - Worldwide Sales, Services and Support of Meru Networks Inc. From June 2007 to April 2011, Mr. Vaughan served as Vice President of Sales & Services for the Worldwide Growth and Emerging Markets for BMC Software, Inc., a software vendor, after serving as Vice President of World Wide Field Operations for BMC Software from November 2006 to May 2007. From May 2004 to May 2005, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Sales Operations, and from April 2005 to October 2006, he served as Executive Vice President of World Wide Sales & Services, for Enterasys Networks until it was acquired in a going-private transaction. Mr. Vaughan previously held a number of sales, sales management and executive sales management position with Symbol Technologies, Novel, Bay Networks, Unisys Corporation, and IBM. Mr. Vaughan holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Western Michigan University. |
Kamaljit Anand |
Mr. Kamaljit Anand is the Senior Vice President - Product Marketing of Meru Networks Inc. From April 2003 to October 2009, Mr. Anand served as the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy, Vice President of Product Management and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Anand served as Vice President of Business Development and International Sales at Atoga Systems, a technology company from 2001 to 2003; he co-founded and served as Vice President of Marketing for NetContinuum Inc., a computer and networking security company, from 1999 to 2001; and served as Vice President of Field Marketing for FORE Systems Inc., an internet switching equipment company, from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Anand also worked as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Anand holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India, an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. |
Harold Copperman |
Mr. Harold D. Copperman is Lead Independent Director of Meru Networks Inc. Mr. Copperman has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of HDC Ventures, Inc., a management and investment group focusing on enterprise systems, software, and services, since March 2002. From January 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Copperman was a consultant and a private investor. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Copperman served as Senior Vice President and Group Executive at Digital Equipment Corp. Mr. Copperman also has held various executive positions such as Chief Executive Officer at JWP Information Services, Inc., President of Commodore Business Machines, Inc. and Vice President and General Manager of Apple Computer, Inc. He also spent 20 years at IBM Corporation, where he held a variety of sales, marketing and executive positions. Mr. Copperman serves on the board of directors of ID Systems, Inc., a provider of RFID wireless solutions for tracking high-value assets, and EDGAR Online, a provider of financial data, analytics and disclosure management services. He also previously served as a director of Avocent Corporation, a publicly traded company that delivers IT operations management solutions, from 2002 until December 2009, at which time Avocent Corporation was acquired by Emerson Electric Co., a director of AXS-One Inc., a publicly traded company that provides high performance records compliance management solutions, from 2006 until June 2009, when AXS-One Inc. was acquired by Unify Corporation, and as a director of Epicor Software Corporation, a publicly held company that designs, develops, markets and supports enterprise application software solutions and services, from 2001 until 2008. He also served on the board of directors of America Online from 1989 to 1993, as they became a publicly traded company. Mr. Copperman received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University and served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. |
Charles Kissner |
Mr. Charles D. Kissner is Independent Director of Meru Networks Inc. Mr. Kissner previously served as one of the directors until his resignation in September 2010 following his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Aviat Networks, Inc., a provider of microwave networking solutions. Mr. Kissner currently serves as the Chairman of Aviat Networks and served as Chief Executive Officer of Aviat from June 2010 until July 2011. He served as Chairman and CEO of Stratex Networks from 1995 to 2007 when Stratex merged with Harris Corporation's Microwave Communications Division to create Aviat Networks in 2007. Mr. Kissner previously served as Vice President and General Manager of M/A-COM, Inc., a manufacturer of radio and microwave communications products. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Aristacom International Inc., a communications software company, and Executive Vice President and a Director of Fujitsu Network Switching, Inc. He also held a number of executive positions at AT&T (now Alcatel-Lucent). Mr. Kissner currently serves on the board of directors of ShoreTel, Inc., a voice-over-IP business communications systems company, and KQED Inc., the public broadcaster in the U.S. He previously served on the board of directors of SonicWALL, Inc., a provider of Internet security solutions. |
Stanley Meresman |
Mr. Stanley J. Meresman is Independent Director of Meru Networks, Inc. Mr. Meresman was a Venture Partner with Technology Crossover Ventures, a private equity firm, from January through December 2004, when he retired, and was General Partner and Chief Operating Officer of Technology Crossover Ventures from November 2001 to December 2003. During the four years prior to joining Technology Crossover Ventures, Mr. Meresman was a private investor and board member and advisor to several technology companies. From May 1989 to May 1997, Mr. Meresman was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Prior to Silicon Graphics, he was Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer of Cypress Semiconductor. Mr. Meresman is currently serving on the board of directors of Riverbed Technology, LinkedIn and Zynga. From January 1995 to May 2007, Mr. Meresman served on the board of directors of Polycom. Mr. Meresman holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
Nicholas Mitsakos |
Mr. Nicholas Mitsakos is Independent Director of Meru Networks Inc. Since 1989, Mr. Mitsakos has served as the Chairman and CEO of Arcadia Holdings, Inc., an investment firm focused on private equity and venture capital. He has also served as a senior advisor to Sardis Capital, a London-based merchant bank since 2003, and to Franklin Templeton China, in Shanghai, China, since 2001, and Templeton International, since 1996. He holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Microbiology from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. He taught at UCLA's Anderson School of Business from 1992 to 1998, and is also on the board of UCLA's Center for Cerebral Palsy at the UCLA Medical School. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
William Quigley |
-- |
Bami Bastani |
-- |
Barry Newman |
-- |
Brett White |
836,832 |
Larry Vaughan |
2,064,480 |
Kamaljit Anand |
746,547 |
Harold Copperman |
-- |
Charles Kissner |
-- |
Stanley Meresman |
-- |
Nicholas Mitsakos |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
William Quigley |
0 | 0 |
Bami Bastani |
0 | 0 |
Barry Newman |
0 | 0 |
Brett White |
82,520 | 1,210,290 |
Larry Vaughan |
0 | 0 |
Kamaljit Anand |
21,427 | 201,122 |
Harold Copperman |
0 | 0 |
Charles Kissner |
0 | 0 |
Stanley Meresman |
0 | 0 |
Nicholas Mitsakos |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
NEWMAN BARRY A |
5,403 | $0.00 |
NEWMAN BARRY A |
1,486,141 | $0.00 |
MERESMAN STANLEY J |
3,000 | $4.00 |
KISSNER CHARLES D |
3,000 | $4.00 |
WHITE BRETT TRAVIS |
3,000 | $4.00 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
25,000 | $4.00 |
BASTANI BAMDAD |
12,500 | $4.00 |
VESUNA SAROSH |
1,500 | $1.59 |
SIMMONS PHILIP |
1,500 | $1.59 |
ANAND KAMALJIT |
1,500 | $1.59 |
VAUGHAN LARRY |
1,500 | $1.59 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.33 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
1,500 | $2.41 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.48 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.51 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.52 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.60 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.71 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.75 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
2,000 | $2.76 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
3,000 | $2.75 |
COPPERMAN HAROLD D |
3,000 | $2.77 |
ANAND KAMALJIT |
10,000 | $3.35 |
MITSAKOS NICHOLAS |
8,860 | $2.87 |
ANAND KAMALJIT |
1,500 | $1.59 |
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