Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan saw a better way. He imagined the all-wireless enterprise, an organization that would no longer need wires for client connections because wireless could become as secure, reliable, and easy to manage as Ethernet. The company's founding team set about making that vision a reality, using the principles of an advanced cellular network in the wireless LAN. June 2002: Meru Networks founded by Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan. June 2005: Meru receives $12 million in Series C funding. May 2006: Meru receives $25 million in Series D funding. January 2007: Meru receives $27.6 million in unattributed funding. January 2009: Ihab Abu-Hakima joins Meru as president and CEO, and founder Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan becomes advisory chief technology officer.

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This year the terms of our directors, currently consisting of Ihab Abu-Hakima, Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan, Harold Copperman, Thomas Erickson, Stanley Meresman, Nicholas Mitsakos, Barry Newman and William Quigley will expire at the annual meeting. The board of directors has nominated each of Ihab Abu-Hakima, Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan, Harold Copperman, Thomas Erickson, Stanley Meresman, Nicholas Mitsakos, Barry Newman and William Quigley to serve as a director for a one-year term that is expected to expire at our annual meeting in 2012 and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF IHAB ABU-HAKIMA, DR. VADUVUR BHARGHAVAN, HAROLD COPPERMAN, THOMAS ERICKSON, STANLEY MERESMAN, NICHOLAS MITSAKOS, BARRY NEWMAN AND WILLIAM QUIGLEY DIRECTORS. Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan is one of our founders and has served as our Chief Technology Officer, and as a member of the board, since February 2002. Prior to co-founding Meru, Dr. Bharghavan founded Bytemobile Inc., a mobile internet solution provider, in 2000, where he served as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer from 2000 to 2002. From 1995 to 2000, he was on the faculty of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Bharghavan holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bharghavan’s extensive expertise in the wireless networking industry, his insights into the direction of the company’s products, as well as his in-depth understanding of our company and business gained through his long tenure with us as a founder of the company and as a member of the board provides useful management perspective and strategic analysis to the board. Quigley, Newman, Erickson, Mitsakos, Copperman, Meresman, and Abu-Hakima and Dr. Bharghavan be nominated to serve as directors. Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan See “Executive Compensation—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control.” Biographical information for Mr. Abu-Hakima and Dr. Bharghavan is provided above.

Vaduvur Bharghavan Vaduvur Bharghavan Follow Us Vaduvur Bharghavan Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan Chief Technology Officer and Founder Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan is a credited innovator in the field of wireless networking and mobile computing. His achievements include significant contributions towards the development of wireless medium access protocols and quality of service architectures for wireless data networks. Bharghavan's research has produced results that have gained commercial attention and have been implemented by Fortune 500 companies in the networking industry today.

Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan Chief Technology Officer and Founder, Meru Networks Dr. Vaduvur Bharghavan is a credited innovator in the field of wireless networking and mobile computing. His achievements include significant contributions towards the development of wireless medium access protocols and quality of service architectures for wireless data networks. Bharghavan's research has produced results that have gained commercial attention and have been implemented by Fortune 500 companies in the networking industry today.