Rachna Ahlawat is the vice president of product strategy and a key member of Meru Networks' executive team. A seasoned executive with over 15 years of networking and telecommunications experience, Ms. Ahlawat guides the product direction for Meru's industry-leading wireless LAN (WLAN) system. She ensures that the company's technical vision meets the demands of the marketplace, integrating feedback from enterprise users worldwide into Meru's engineering innovation.

Prior to joining Meru, Ms. Ahlawat was the lead analyst for Wireless LAN at Gartner, Inc. During her tenure with Gartner, Ms. Ahlawat focused on wired and wireless networking technologies, wireless security, management, voice over WLAN and fixed and mobile convergence (FMC). At Gartner, Ms. Ahlawat advised a number of networking vendors on their go-to-market strategies and helped enterprises make decisions on their networking environment.

Ms. Ahlawat holds a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Computer Science, and a Master of Business degree in Marketing.