- Rusty Harris
Russell "Rusty" Harris is currently the President and CEO of
MontaVista Software , anEmbedded Linux vendor based inSanta Clara, California .Education
Harris holds a BS degree in Accounting from
Indiana University .Documentum (1999-2002)
On
July 23 ,1999 ,Documentum named the then 44-year-old Harris VP of Worldwide Sales [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199907/ai_n20103976 "DOCUMENTUM names Russell Harris VP of worldwide sales", "Bnet Business Network"] 23 July, 1999. ] .BlueStar Solutions (2002-2004)
Beginning in 2002, Harris was executive vice president of sales and marketing at BlueStar Solutions, based in
Cupertino, CA . BlueStar was in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market.ACS (2004-2006)
When BlueStar was acquired by Texas-based Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) on
Aug. 27 ,2004 Harris became the managing director for their new Application Managed Services division. [ [http://www.crn.com/it-channel/45400077] "ACS Acquires BlueStar", "ChannelWeb"] 27 August, 2004.]MontaVista (2006-Present)
Harris joined MontaVista Software in 2006 as executive vice president of worldwide field operations. He quickly became popular at MontaVista for bringing record-breaking sales in 2006 and 2007.
February 18 ,2006 MontaVista announced Harris as the President and CEO of MontaVista Software [ [http://www.freshnews.com/news/fresh-money/article_42104.html] "Russell Harris Appointed as President and CEO of MontaVista Software," "Freshnews"] 18 February, 2006. ] when then-CEO Tom Kelly left MontaVista Software to be president and CEO ofEpicor Software Corporation.References
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