A veteran in the high tech industry with more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Harris recently served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Siemens Subscriber Networks. Prior to Siemens Subscriber Networks, Mr. Harris was an Executive in Residence with Austin Ventures where he focused on emerging opportunities for converged communications within both the wireline and wireless telecommunications market sector with special emphasis on the deregulated energy sector. In June of 1999, he founded Netensity, Inc., a leading edge telecommunications equipment company focused on integrated broadband voice and data, where he served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Netensity, he was an officer of NetWorth, Inc. and held the position of Vice President of Engineering and then General Site Manager for Compaq Computer Corporation after the acquisition of NetWorth by Compaq in December 1995. Prior to NetWorth, Mr. Harris served as a technology management consultant for corporations including EDS Advanced Research, BancTec, OKI Data and others. Mr. Harris started his career with United Technologies, Mostek Corporation in 1977 where he designed and managed the development of numerous leading edge products over a 10-year period. He was a co-author of the VMEbus specification and holds multiple patents. Mr. Harris also serves on the advisory boards of a number early stage technology companies and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Dallas. |