Accomplished sales and business development professional Vivek Kesaree boasts an impressive career spanning 15 years. Mr. Kesaree completed his undergraduate studies in finance and international marketing at the University of Texas at Austin and expanded his skills by participating in advanced sales training programs through Miller Heiman and IBM. Prior to assuming his current position as Global Account Manager at Meraki Inc., a wireless networking firm based in San Francisco, California, Vivek Kesaree held positions at i2 Technologies (acquired by JDA Software Group in 2010), the MEI Wireless Division of Mars, Inc., and Cantaloupe Systems, Inc. Vivek Kesaree built an outstanding reputation for exceeding sales quotas, managing numerous major accounts simultaneously, and forming lasting client relationships. As a highly valued member of the Meraki Inc. team, Mr. Kesaree applies his experience and manifold skills to procure new clients and maintain customer satisfaction and clear communications with the firm’s existing channel partners. He also excels at closing tremendously profitable deals, and he played a major role in completing 4 of the firm’s 5 highest-grossing transactions, including a $1.3 million deal with Telmex, a prominent Latin American telecommunications company. On behalf of Meraki Inc., Vivek Kesaree attends Dreamforce, COMDEX, International CTIA WIRELESS, the Macworld Conference and Expo, Distributed Antennas Systems (DAS) Congress, and other major annual trade shows and conferences around the United States. Vivek Kesaree also works diligently to assess and recruit new strategic partners, direct the implementation of joint national accounts, and strengthen vital C-level relationships. When he is not devoting his time and energy to a host of critical duties at Meraki Inc., Vivek Kesaree engages in a number of exciting hobbies, such as skydiving and surfing. Mr. Kesaree belongs to Club Nautique, a well-known yacht charter company and sailing school in San Francisco, and regularly competes in regattas in the Bay Area. An intrepid world traveler, Vivek Kesaree has completed backpacking excursions in upwards of 35 countries, including Russia, Vietnam, Belize, and Peru. He holds PADI and NAUI certification as a scuba diver and counts the Great Barrier Reef among the host of exotic dive locations he has visited.