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Russell "Rusty" Harris is the President and CEO of MontaVista Software, an Embedded Linux vendor based in Santa Clara, California.
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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.
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 August 27, 2004 Harris became the managing director for their new Application Managed Services division.
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, 2008 MontaVista announced Harris as the President and CEO of MontaVista Software when then-CEO Tom Kelly left MontaVista Software to be president and CEO of Epicor Software Corporation.