MERU NETWORKS BOOSTS EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING

Industry Veteran, Michael Tennefoss, to Lead Company’s Product Marketing Efforts
 

Sunnyvale, CA — June 5, 2006

Meru Networks, the global innovation leader in wireless infrastructure for the All-Wireless Enterprise, announced today that it has continued to strengthen its executive management team with the addition of Michael Tennefoss to the position of Vice President of Marketing.

In his new role, Mr. Tennefoss will have responsibility for Meru’s product management, technical marketing, support of the company’s strategic partnerships, and management of the company’s product definition, strategy and roadmaps.

Mr. Tennefoss brings 20+ years of experience in marketing management to Meru Networks. Prior to joining Meru, Mr. Tennefoss spent fourteen years with Echelon Corporation, a publicly-traded provider of control automation networks. As Vice President of Marketing for Echelon, Mr. Tennefoss managed the company’s product strategy and roadmaps, channel marketing programs, and support and training initiatives. Before his tenure with Echelon, Mr. Tennefoss was Director of Marketing for the Stellar Systems division of Wackenhut Corporation, where he directed the development, marketing and support of both wired and wireless security systems, data encryption devices, portable event recorders and video capture systems. Prior to this, he held marketing management positions with Electronics Technology Projects and Vindicator Corp., a division of Honeywell.

“With our recent funding round, the hiring of a new CFO and the expansion of our product line to enable the emerging All-Wireless Enterprise, Meru is moving from a late-stage start-up to the next phase of its growth,” said Ihab Abu-Hakima, Meru’s president and CEO. “With the appointment of Michael Tennefoss to vice president of marketing, we continue to build a strong team of executives with the right experience to lead Meru through its next stage.”

“Meru has a strong reputation for technological leadership in the wireless LAN market,” commented Tennefoss. “This history of innovation, combined with its strong product management and sales organizations, has positioned Meru for significant growth. I look forward to contributing to this growth as the company moves into its next stage of development.”
Mr. Tennefoss holds a Masters degree from the University of Minnesota and Bachelors degrees from the University of California at Davis. He also holds several product and design patents for military, consumer and automation devices, is the author of numerous industry papers and is a frequent speaker at industry, technical and research conferences.

About Meru Networks
Meru Networks is the global leader in 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, California. For more information on Meru Networks and its products, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.