Company Profile

Incorporated in 2005, MeshDynamics is a profitable, privately held, US based corporation. Our headquarters are located in Santa Clara, Northern California, approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco airport. [Contact Us] 
   
Target Markets: Emerging outdoor wireless opportunities such as those in mining, materials processing, military and border security, video surveillance, seismic oil exploration etc., place high demands on the wireless network infrastructure. Beyond data, critical real-time voice and video streams must also be supported, often in motion. Traditional wireless mesh architectures have been unable to support demands of this traffic, and thus have not penetrated these fast-developing markets to date.

Proven Scalability: Extensive testing by USAF, Battelle and others confirm that MeshDynamics' wireless mesh technology provides the highest throughput, low latency, and low jitter demanded by these applications through the use of dynamic channel allocation and a robust, scalable tree-based (deterministic and scalable) topology. Our tree-based mesh, modeled after wired switch stacks, has proven scalability: it is deployed in demanding underground mine environments some up to 40 hops (node-to-node relays) are in operation. 
      
Customers: MeshDynamics' customers are worldwide. Our mesh nodes have been installed in demanding applications requiring performance over multiple hops, noise free voice and video and rapid mesh formation with high speed mobility nodes. Applications include:  municipal networking, smart meter reading, underground mining and industrial, video surveillance and homeland security. 

Examples: Meshed border patrol vehicles operate along the Arizona Mexico border as part of a DHS border security initiative since 2005. in a deployed combat environment in Iraq, vehicle-mounted nodes demonstrated reliable connectivity between convoy vehicles in simultaneous motion. Real time applications supported by the MeshDynamics network operated flawlessly as vehicles moved through rugged terrain. MeshDynamics supports multiple active military programs in US, UK, Canada and Israel. We are also active in both underground and surface mining deployments worldwide and have recently become involved in Smart Grid related  programs

OEM Customization and Licensing.  In addition to sales of our standard MD4000 product line, MeshDynamics maintains substantial custom development activity for key defense and underground mining applications. Much of the software pioneered for these customers has been utilized as the basis for MeshDynamics' standard product line. 
  
Intellectual Property: MeshDynamics began software development in 2001 with seasoned engineering teams both in the US and in India.  Prototypes were supplied to the US military in 2004 and rugged production unit shipments late in 2005. Key patents in multi-radio mesh and voice/video transmissions were awarded in 2008-2009, others in process.  
 
Future Proofed Design: The software design is uniquely radio-manufacturer independent, allowing the rapid addition of new radio frequencies, radio suppliers and new technologies. This multi-radio mesh network is therefore future-proof, as it can be upgraded to new mesh network and RF standards as they become proven.

Our Network Management System is at its core a headless Java based engine, designed for support rapid OEM customization. OEMs have developed their own graphic NMS "skins" as shown here. 
  
Certifications: Products are FCC and ETSI certified. US military FIPS 140/2  security certification has been awarded. All MD4000  products are also certified by Polycom/Spectralink to support mission critical Wi-Fi VOIP phone communications. 
   
Related Links:
 
1.   Overview Videos for a quick tour of MeshDynamics Products, Technology and Applications 
2.   Press Release Transcripts Located Here
3.   Product Brochure and White Papers Click Here
 

 
Management:
   
Francis da Costa -  Founder and CTO: Francis previously founded Advanced Cybernetics Group and Knowmadic. He has held senior technical positions at Xerox, Ingersoll-Rand, Northrop, MITRE. He has a MS from Stanford and a BS from Indian Institute of Technology.

Charlie Duncheon -  VP Sales and Director: Charlie has been involved high technology product sales for over 20 years. He has held  senior sales management positions at Adept Technology, Fared and Monsanto. Charlie holds a BS from Purdue, an MBA from Southern Illinois University. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer. He is an active director at MeshDynamics.
  
Byron Henderson - Corporate Strategy: Byron has focused on product management, and marketing of networking products for over 20 years. He has held senior management positions at Micom, Fibermux, Stratacom, and Cisco Systems. Byron holds a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is an active director at MeshDynamics. 
   
Rick Ruiz - CFO: Rick has 15+ years in high technology start ups. He has held previous positions at Oxford Semiconductor, Legato and KPMG. He has a BS from Biola University. 

Corporate Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati (WSGR) Palo Alto, CA.