Sanjit co-founded Samsara to make it easier and more affordable for businesses to deploy sensors at a massive scale. Prior to Samsara, Sanjit was the CEO and co-founder of Meraki, one of the most successful networking companies of the past decade. Sanjit grew Meraki from his Ph.D. research into a complete enterprise networking portfolio, with cloud-based management that revolutionized the deployment of large networks. Meraki's sales doubled every year from inception, earning the company tens of thousands of customers. In 2012 Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion. Under his leadership, Cisco Meraki continued to grow at over 100%, making it one of Cisco's fastest-growing product lines in history.

Sanjit has been recognized as a TR35 honoree by MIT Technology Review, a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum, and has received awards for academic research in computer networking. He also serves on the boards of ThousandEyes and Highfive Technologies, and is an investor in several startups.

Sanjit holds a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford and an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.

John is responsible for Samsara's disruptive technology that makes operating thousands of sensors simple and secure. Prior to co-founding Samsara, John co-founded Meraki, where he was CTO and VP of Engineering. At Meraki, he built a cloud-based platform combining analytics, big data, and security that transformed how customers deployed and managed enterprise networks.

Starting Meraki out of his Ph.D. research at MIT, John and his team built integrated hardware, software, and cloud-based infrastructure that fueled continued 100% annual sales growth. Meraki's platform scaled to connect millions of network devices across over 140 countries. After Cisco acquired Meraki for $1.2 billion, John led Meraki as Cisco's fastest-growing cloud product.

John holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University and an S.M. in Computer Science from MIT.

Dominic is the Chief Financial Officer at Samsara and leads worldwide financial operations, including financial planning and analysis, accounting, procurement, tax, treasury, corporate development, investor relations, legal, IT, and real estate. Previously, Dominic was VP of Finance and Head of Corporate Development at ServiceNow where he led several finance functions, including financial planning and analysis, investor relations, treasury, and corporate development. Prior to ServiceNow, Dominic was a VP on Morgan Stanley's technology investment banking team where he advised technology companies on a wide range of transformational financings and strategic transactions.

Dominic holds a B.S. in Business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, an MBA from UC Berkeley, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kiren is responsible for Samsara's product strategy, positioning, and outbound marketing. A proven technology leader, Kiren's broad experience ranges from product development to communications and go-to-market strategy. Prior to Samsara, Kiren was VP of Marketing at Meraki, where he was responsible for product marketing, brand, communications, and demand generation. Kiren was the first to bring modern, web-oriented marketing to enterprise networking, and developed innovative programs that sourced over half of Meraki's sales. Kiren's engineering-oriented business approach comes from his time as a technical leader at high-growth startups. Kiren holds patents for his work in network protocol design at Apple.

Kiren has a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford.

Ben brings over 15 years of experience to Samsara, where he is responsible for hardware design and operations. Before Samsara, Ben was VP of Hardware Engineering and Operations at Meraki, where he led the development of over 40 unique hardware products. Working with the industry's top semiconductor companies, Ben created a nimble development and supply chain operation that enabled Meraki to rapidly bring new products to market and scale to ship hundreds of thousands of units globally. Prior to Meraki, Ben was a key member of Apple's hardware team, where he managed notebook launches and iPod supply chains. Ben has also developed PVD and CVD semiconductor equipment at Applied Materials.

Ben has an S.B. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT and an MBA from Stanford.

Andy brings 20 years of sales experience to Samsara, where he is responsible for leading the team that brings Samsara's solutions to market. Previously, Andy was VP of Worldwide Sales at Meraki, and continued as VP of Sales for the global Meraki business after the company's acquisition by Cisco Systems. Over an eight year span, Andy led Meraki's sales growth from less than $10 million per year to over $1 billion. Prior to Meraki, Andy held various sales and channel leadership positions with Nokia’s network security business, leading up to a sale to Check Point.

Andy has a B.A. from University California at Irvine, and a MBA and doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University. His doctoral research was on measuring productivity in mobile workforces.

Aidan Madigan-Curtis is the General Manager and VP of Site Visibility, an advanced video management solution that combines powerful search, monitoring, and alerting to provide real-time, remote worksite visibility. Prior to her work with Site Visibility, Aidan led Samsara’s end-to-end operations, including hardware New Product Introduction, manufacturing, supply chain, global logistics and Customer Support.

Prior to joining Samsara, Aidan helped launch the first AppleWatch and the iPhone6S as a member of Apple’s Global Operations team. She was also an investment analyst at the world’s largest global macro hedge fund, Bridgewater, where she worked with the CIO and CEO to scale company operations from 500 to 1,500 people.

Aidan has an MBA and electrical engineering training from Stanford, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

Melissa brings over 17 years of experience to Samsara, where she is responsible for leading the People team. Before Samsara, Melissa led People Operations at Meraki and focused on creating a great employee experience from its high growth startup stage to a successful integration as part of Cisco. In addition to her experience with Meraki, Melissa previously held leadership positions at Medallia and Altman Vilandrie & Co. bringing expertise in recruitment, HR operations, employee engagement programs, and workplace services.

Melissa has a B.A. in Cognitive Science from University of California at Berkeley, and an M.S. in Organizational Learning & Development from Suffolk University.

Rushil leads Product Management at Samsara, and is responsible for product vision and strategy for its connected fleets platform. In his role, Rushil leverages years of experience bringing disruptive technology products to market. Before Samsara, Rushil introduced several key product lines at Ola, one of the world's largest ride-sharing and mobility companies. As Head of Ola Money, Rushil launched and scaled Ola's payments business to $1 billion in annual transactions, making it one of the top mobile wallets in India. Rushil also co-founded and led product development at AirCare, a digital health start-up for telemedicine and remote monitoring, which was later sold to Cardinal Health. His previous experience includes consulting for major technology companies at BCG, and Ph.D. research on machine learning and genomics at MIT.

Rushil holds a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Bombay, and an MBA from Wharton.

Pete leads the Samsara Industrial business – building easy to deploy, and easy to manage internet-connected devices that allow industrial companies to connect their assets, visualize their operations, and optimize performance.

Previously, Pete led a 700 person organization as VP of Worldwide Sales at Cisco Meraki. Pete helped grow Meraki from less than $100M per year to nearly $2B. Prior to Meraki, Pete was a management consultant, helping industrial companies gain business value through better environmental performance.

Pete has a B.S. in Engineering from Stanford University.

Amit brings 20 years of experience across IT, networking, and sales to Samsara, where he is responsible for the global inside sales organization. Previously, Amit was VP of Worldwide Sales at Highfive, where he was responsible for building and managing direct and channel sales, sales operations, and sales engineering. He successfully grew revenue the first year of product launch and transitioned the sales organization from a hardware-only business to a recurring revenue model. Prior to Highfive, Amit was Director of Sales, Cloud Networking at Cisco Meraki, where he helped build and scale the inside sales team. During his 4 years, Amit grew his team to over a $100M annual run rate at Meraki, and was a key contributor to the rapid growth through Meraki’s acquisition by Cisco for $1.2B in 2012. Prior to Meraki, Amit held various IT and sales positions within the hardware industry.

Amit has a B.A. in Philosophy from San Jose State University.

Brion is responsible for the Marketing organization at Samsara. It's all about driving business growth by delivering the right message, at the right time, to the right audience!

Previous to Samsara, Brion spent 3 years at AppDirect where he led the marketing, business development and inside sales teams, along with also launching the network services business unit. In addition to this experience, Brion spent 5 1/2 years at LinkedIn where he built out multiple global marketing teams, across various functions and regions. Prior to 2011, he ran a product and online team at Hostelworld in Dublin, Ireland. This was preceded by running an EMEA digital marketing team with GroupM from their Madrid office.

Originally from Ireland, he has called San Francisco home since 2013. Brion has a B.A. in Law from the Portobello College in Dublin, Ireland.

Chloe brings over 10 years of experience to Samsara, where she leads the Finance and Accounting teams—overseeing corporate accounting, FP&A, tax, payroll, finance operations and business systems. Prior to her role at Samsara, Chloe led the Accounting team at Cisco Meraki and was responsible for financial reporting, global tax compliance, and integration of Meraki as part of Cisco. In addition to Meraki, Chloe previously worked for KPMG in the audit and assurance practices in both San Francisco and New Zealand, gaining her expertise in US GAAP and NZ IFRS accounting methodology, financial audit procedures, and compliance testing.

Chloe holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and is a registered Chartered Accountant with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)

Clint brings over 12 years of experience to Samsara, where he is responsible for leading the Global Enterprise Sales team. Clint joined Samsara in early 2016 to launch the sales, account development, and partnership programs into production scale. Before Samsara, Clint held several sales leadership roles at Meraki where he led the expansion of the global partnership community and public sector sales team.

Clint has a B.A. in Economics from University of California, San Diego.

Desiree leads Sales Operations and Account Development at Samsara, and is responsible for sales training, sales systems, and generating revenue opportunities for the global sales team. She has played a key role in scaling Samsara’s sales organization by establishing robust and reliable processes for new hire on-boarding, sales performance analytics, CRM architecture improvements, new market entry, and compensation design. In her role, Desiree leverages years of operational experience in building and leading organizations. Prior to Samsara, Desiree was a captain in the U.S. Army, where she served an an intelligence officer and completed two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and later was a lead instructor at the Army’s military intelligence training headquarters. Her previous experience also includes consulting for major technology and energy companies at Boston Consulting Group.

Desiree holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from West Point, and an MBA from Stanford.

Scott Knight leads the global Sales Engineering team at Samsara. He has been with the company since early 2016 where he has helped the sales team navigate early deals and product introductions and is now rapidly scaling the SE team globally to support all pre-sales efforts.

Scott has a varied background in pre-sales technical roles as well as operations & infrastructure. Before Samsara, Scott led the U.S. Enterprise and Service Provider SE team at Meraki within Cisco, spent 6 years as a Service Provider SE at Juniper Networks, and helped scale operations and infrastructure at Ciphertrust. Scott began his career at Nortel Networks.

Scott has a B.S. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology

Adam leads the legal team at Samsara. The legal team consists of mission-focused individuals who work collaboratively across Samsara to help drive business value. Adam has grown and scaled the legal team from its beginning to have a deep understanding of Samsara's business and legal needs so that the company can rapidly grow while being sufficiently safeguarded.

Prior to joining Samsara, Adam was at Palantir Technologies for six years where he helped to grow and manage their legal group across several critical practice areas, including litigation, transactional, and intellectual property. Before his time at Palantir, Adam was an attorney with the firms of Morrison and Foerster and Weil Gotshal. Adam also clerked on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Robert leads Customer Success at Samsara and is responsible for enabling customers to get the most value from its products through effective implementation, training, and ongoing engagement. In his prior role as Director of Business Operations, Robert enabled the scaling of Samsara by leading sales productivity, market entry, and operational efficiency initiatives as well as building the Business Operations function. Before Samsara, Robert was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he led over 25 growth, efficiency, and organization building initiatives for global organizations.

Robert holds a B.S. in Economics from Yale and an MBA from Wharton.

Drago leads the Global Technical Support organization at Samsara. He is responsible for delivering a world-class 24x7 customer support experience to Samsara’s rapidly expanding user-base. His teams include Standard & Premier Support, Product Support Engineering, Technical Account Management (TAM) and Support Operations.

Before Samsara, Drago was the Head of Global Technical Operations at Amazon Robotics, leading a worldwide organization responsible for all aspects of software and hardware support for Amazon’s distribution center robotic solutions. Prior to that, Drago spent 10+ years leading support teams in the Internet and IT industries, with global companies like EIG and Acquia, where he integrated and scaled multiple customer support, contact center and support engineering locations in North America, Europe and Asia.

Drago holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Clark University in Boston. He is a member of the International Customer Management Institute (ICMI) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

Genevieve Haldeman leads the Samsara Communications team focused on effectively connecting and engaging with the company’s various stakeholders. She has spent the majority of her nearly 30-year career running communications and managing reputations for high-growth technology companies including Twilio, ServiceNow and Symantec. Her responsibilities include all areas of public relations, internal communications, industry analyst relations, social media and crisis communications.

Genevieve graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in journalism. She serves on the board of Leadership California and is chair of the organization’s public relations committee.

Olivier leads the Hardware Engineering organization. He is responsible for delivering all gateways and accessories for Samsara’s vehicle and asset product lines. His teams include Firmware, Electrical and Product designers. Before Samsara, Olivier worked at Keeptruckin as VP of Hardware Engineering. Prior to that, Olivier spent nine years as CEO of a hardware consultancy that brought over one million new devices to market, including mobile phones, consumer cameras and secure payment terminals. Prior to that he designed smartphones for Palm Computing and Philips, where he focused on low power architectures, wireless technologies and high volume production. Olivier holds a Master in electronic and computer science from EFREI in Paris.