Russell "Rusty" Harris is the President and CEO of MontaVista Software, an Embedded Linux vendor based in Santa 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. 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.
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