Dominic Orr

Dominic Orr has an impressive track record of leading some of the industry’s most successful and innovative companies, taking them from venture-backed startups to high valuation IPOs and acquisitions. Most recently, Dominic was President of Aruba Networks, an HPE company. Prior to Aruba’s acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dominic served as the company’s Chairman and CEO from an early stage startup in 2006 through a successful public offering on the Nasdaq in 2007, through the HPE deal in 2015. Prior to Aruba, Dominic was president of the Personal Internet Group at Nortel networks following its 2001 acquisition of Alteon WebSystems, an industry leading network infrastructure company that Dominic led as Chairman and CEO from its beginnings in 1996 through the Nortel acquisition, including an historic Nasdaq IPO in 1999. Dominic has also served as a board director for a number of companies, including Chairman of the Board of Ruckus Wireless from 2004 to 2009. Dominic has a BS in Physics from the City College of New York, and a Master of Science and PhD from Caltech. Dominic received the Distinguished Alumni honor from Caltech in 2010.