Executive Management

Dominic Orr, President and Chief Executive

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.

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.

Aaron Bean, VP Human Resources

Aaron Bean is the Vice President, Human Resources for Aruba Networks. Mr. Bean was previously Human Resources Business Partner for Juniper Networks Security Products Group. Prior to Juniper, he held positions in human resources at Alteon WebSystems, Ridge Technologies and Noah's New York Bagels. He received his B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Peter Cellarius, VP Global Partner Development & Operations

Peter Cellarius is the VP, Global Partner Development & Operations for Aruba Networks. Mr. Cellarius joined Aruba from Nortel Networks, where he was most recently Business Leader for Routing & VPN. Prior to that, he held other executive positions at Nortel, Stentor and Bell Canada. He received his M.S. from Carleton University and B.S. from the University of Victoria.

Alexa King, General Counsel

Alexa King is General Counsel for Aruba Networks. Ms. King joined the company from Siebel Systems, where she was Senior Director, Legal Affairs. Ms. King previously served as an attorney at Fenwick & West and Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro and as a clerk with the Supreme Court of the State of Hawai'i. She received her B.A. from Harvard College and her JD from Boalt Hall School of Law.

Mike Kirby, VP Sales

Michael Kirby joined Aruba Networks in 2004 and serves as the Vice President, Sales - Americas. Mr. Kirby previously held multiple sales management positions at Cisco Systems and Wang Laboratories. He received his B.A. from Temple University.

Greg Murphy, VP Marketing

Greg Murphy is Vice President, Marketing for Aruba Networks. Mr. Murphy was previously the founder and Chief Operating Officer of AirWave Wireless, which merged with Aruba in 2008. Prior to AirWave, Mr. Murphy held senior executive positions at Idealab and On Command Corporation. He received an M.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Amherst College.

Dave Peterson, VP Operations

Dave Peterson is the Vice President, Manufacturing Operations for Aruba Networks. Mr. Peterson previously held key engineering and operations roles at companies including ICL/Datachecker, Ericsson/Raynet, 3Com, Diva Systems and Procket Networks. Dave received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from University of California, Davis.

Sriram Ramachandran, VP Strategic Initiatives

Sriram Ramachandran is Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for Aruba Networks. He previously served as Vice President of Engineering. Prior to joining Aruba, Mr. Ramachandran served as Vice President of Engineering for Juniper Networks' security product group. He previously held senior positions at Netcreen/Neoteris, Respond Networks, WebMD/Healtheon, Catapult Entertainment and Sun Microsystems. He received an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the University of Madras, India.

Ankur Singla, VP Engineering

Ankur Singla is Vice President, Engineering for Aruba Networks. Mr. Singla joined Aruba Networks from Juniper Networks, where he served as Senior Director, Engineering in the Ethernet Products Group. Prior to Juniper, he served in engineering and management positions at Motorola Semiconductors (Freescale), Cisco, and Hughes Electronics. He received an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.