Bob Schiff

VP Market Development

Lonergan Partners is pleased to announce that Bob Schiff has been named Vice President of Market Development at Meru Networks.

About Bob

Prior to joining Meru, Bob was the Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Business Unit at Foundry Networks and Brocade Communications (following its acquisition of Foundry Networks). At Brocade and Foundry, Bob had development and marketing responsibility for an array of enterprise product offerings.

Prior to Foundry, Bob was Senior Director of Product Management and Marketing for Lantern Communications (acquired by C-COR). Earlier in his career Bob worked for FORE Systems, Network Equipment Technologies and Nortel, Bell Northern Research, EDS, AT&T Bell Labs, all in product management and marketing positions.

Bob graduated from Cornell University with a B.S.E.E. and from Stanford University with his M.S.E.E.

About Meru Networks

Founded in 2002, Meru recognizes that today’s mobile applications require high performance, reliability, and toll-quality voice for critical–not casual–operations. Basing their work on the 802.11n standard, they have developed an innovative approach to wireless LANs that has changed the way that enterprises view wireless networking. With Meru wireless, customers gain an incomparable user experience with significantly lower cost of ownership. Leading industry analysts and media have consistently awarded recognition to Meru and their products. Meru is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Placement Update

In February, 2012, Bob was promoted to VP Product Management.

We are thrilled to have Bob Schiff join the Meru team. He is a strategic leader who will have a significant impact on our company strategy and execution.

Ihab Abu-Hakima, President & CEO, Meru Networks

Meru Networks is a recognized technology leader in the rapidly growing market of enterprise mobility solutions. The company’s innovative products combine advanced RF management and intelligent access control to deliver scalable and high-performance mobility services across the enterprise. I am looking forward to working with the exceptional team at Meru to help accelerate the company’s success in the dynamic and exciting world of the mobile enterprise.

Bob Schiff, VP Market Development, Meru Networks

Bob is a great addition to Meru’s leadership team, and will accelerate their growth in the global wireless LAN market.

Mark Lonergan, Founder & Managing Partner, Lonergan Partners