Board of Directors


Alan B. Howe, Chairman of the Board
Alan B. Howe has been a director since May 2007 and Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2008. Mr. Howe is currently Managing Partner of Broadband Initiatives, LLC and oversees the firm's operations. Mr. Howe also serves as Managing Director at B. Riley & Co., LLC, in their Corporate Governance Advisory Services Group in Los Angeles. Mr. Howe is also a member of the board of directors of Ditech Networks (Nasdaq: DITC), and Co-Chairman of Selectica, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTC). In addition, Mr. Howe serves on a number of private boards. From the period of May of 2005 to October of 2008, Mr. Howe also served as Vice President of Strategic Development for Covad Communications Group, Inc., a nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications. From April 1995 to April 2001, Mr. Howe served as the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of Teletrac, Inc. Previously, Mr. Howe worked in several positions with Sprint Corporation, including Director of Corporate Development, and as Assistant Vice President for Manufacturers Hanover Trust (now JP Morgan). Mr. Howe holds a B.S. in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Illinois, and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University's Kelley Graduate School of Business. Mr. Howe was recommended to be a member of our board of directors by Lloyd I. Miller, III, one of our significant stockholders.


John Gerdelman
John W. Gerdelman became a director in June 2004 in connection with our merger with Terabeam. Mr. Gerdelman is Executive Chairman of Intelliden Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent networking software solutions. Previously, Mr. Gerdelman was President and Chief Executive Officer of AboveNet, Inc., a provider of digital communications infrastructure solutions. Until April 2002, Mr. Gerdelman was Managing Partner of mortonsgroup LLC, an information technology and telecommunications venture group. Previously he had served as President and Chief Executive Officer of USA.NET, a provider of innovative email solutions, and as President of the network and information technology division of MCI Telecommunications Corporation. Mr. Gerdelman is a graduate of the College of William and Mary with a degree in Chemistry and currently serves on their Board of Visitors.


J. Michael Gullard
J. Michael Gullard became a director in 2007. Since 1984, he has served as a general partner of Cornerstone Management, a venture capital and consulting firm that provides strategic focus and direction for technology companies. He also serves on the board of directors of Alliance Semiconductor, Planar Systems, JDA Software, and DynTek and is the Chairman of Mainsoft Corp. Mr. Gullard's 33 years in the technology industry include having served as Chairman of Merant PLC and NetSolve as well as a number of executive and management posts at Telecommunications Technology Inc. and Intel Corporation. He holds a B.A. and an M.B.A from Stanford University.


Pankaj Manglik

Pankaj Manglik is President and CEO of Proxim Wireless (OTCQX: PRXM). Proxim is a manufacturer of Wireless LAN (WLAN), Wi-Fi Mesh, WiMAX and Wireless Backhaul products.

Prior to Proxim, Pankaj Manglik was co-founder and CEO of Aruba Networks (Nasdaq: ARUN), a worldwide leader in WLANs. Aruba Networks created a new market segment called WLAN Switching. Aruba is funded by Matrix Partners and Sequoia Capital. At Aruba, Mr. Manglik raised two rounds of funding, built out the entire team including a worldwide sales force and took the company from inception to early revenues. Mr. Manglik was also awarded a U.S. Patent in wireless communications while at Aruba.

Previously, Mr. Manglik held senior management positions at Alteon WebSystems, which went public and was acquired by Nortel Networks. As Director of Product Management, he defined high speed network switches for the newly created Web Switching market. Prior to that, Mr. Manglik directed the marketing of Cisco's StrataCom IGX multi-service switching platform increasing revenues to $400M per year. Previously, Mr. Manglik ran Intel's network engineering & design organization, being promoted 3 times in 4 years.

Mr. Manglik holds an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, in addition to Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electronics Engineering and Computer Science.


Dr. Rao Papolu

Dr. Rao Papolu became a director at Proxim, in August 2009 pursuant to the strategic investment made by SRA in Proxim. He is the President of SRA OSS Inc, which he founded in July 2005 which is a subsidiary of SRA Holdings, Inc. of Japan. Prior to this, Dr. Rao was the Vice President & COO of SRA America Inc. since May 2001, which he also founded. In the past he has held senior management positions as Country Manager for EMRC Japan as well as General Manager of Moldflow Japan, Inc. a wholly subsidiary of Moldflow Inc. a pre IPO company which he was instrumental in taking it public, which was later on acquired by Autodesk. Dr. Rao brings with him a wealth of technology and business experience in his career spanning 25 years of which 14 years were spent in Tokyo, Japan. He has been at leading positions in the manufacturing and financial services industry with companies such as Lehman Brothers (Asia Securities), JP Morgan, and its derivatives spin-off Cygnify. Dr. Rao received his Doctorate degree from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He has published 25 research publications in various international journals. He has also been a visiting scientist at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) as well as the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) Japan.


Robert A. Wiedemer
Robert A. Wiedemer has been a director since December 2003. Since February 2002, he has been Managing Partner of Business Valuation Center, a company he co-founded that is focused on the valuation of private, middle-market companies throughout the United States. From June 2000 until January 2002, he held various positions at Pricesaroundtheworld.com, an Internet-based price research services firm, where he was promoted from Chief Financial Officer to Chief Executive Officer. From October 1998 until May 2000, he was Managing Partner of The Netfire Group, a financial and marketing consulting firm. From October 1993 until September 1998, he co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of a NASDAQ-listed electronic publishing company, Imark Technologies. Mr. Wiedemer holds a Masters Degree in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.