Executive Team
Sanjit Biswas, CEO and Co-Founder
Sanjit Biswas is responsible for Meraki’s strategic direction and day-to-day operations. He is currently on leave from the Ph.D. program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he co-led the research project that won several academic awards and later became the foundation of Meraki’s wireless mesh technology. Sanjit holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford, and an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
John Bicket, Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder
John Bicket is responsible for the technical direction and development of Meraki. John was most recently a Ph.D. student in the Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems group at MIT, where he co-led the research project that later became Meraki. John holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and an S.M. degree in Computer Science from MIT.
Hans Robertson, VP Product Management and Co-Founder
Hans Robertson is responsible for Meraki’s product and service definition and strategy. Hans most recently led a product management team at EMC that brought a new virtualization system to market. He was also an early member of the sales and business development team at VMware, where he created their first partner programs. Hans began his career as a business analyst at McKinsey & Co. and holds an S.B. and M.Eng in Computer Science from MIT.
Michael McBride, VP Sales
Michael McBride leads worldwide sales at Meraki. In this role he oversees sales, professional services, and global channels. Prior to Meraki, Michael was National Director of Sales at Motorola Good Technology Group, where he led the Cingular/AT&T sales team that was responsible for nearly 50% of Good's revenue. Michael also held roles in strategic sales and product management at Good.
Earlier in his career, Michael was Director of Business Development at Be, Inc., an operating system software company. He was also Co-Founder and VP Marketing at StarCode Software and an investment banking analyst at Cowen & Company. Michael holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.B.A. from Stanford.
Ben Calderon, VP Hardware and Operations
Ben Calderon brings over 13 years experience in operations and product development in the electronics industry. Ben came to Meraki from Apple operations where he managed OEM partners, notebook product launches, and iPod supply chains.
While at Applied Materials, Ben helped launch new semiconductor equipment products with customers such as AMD, Hynix, TSMC, UMC, and Micron. Ben holds a S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, M.B.A. from Stanford, and a certificate from the Stanford Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing.
