Technologist
Portland, Oregon Area
- Current
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- Co-host at Taking Notes Podcast
- IT Manager at Sharp Electronics
- Past
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- Co-host at The 1352 Report Podcast
- IdeaJam and LinkJam at Elguji Software
- Co-Founder at OpenNTF.org
- Manager of Information and Office Services at Underwriters Laboratories
- Education
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- Polytechnic University
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Lawrence HS
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Bruce Elgort’s Summary
Bruce Elgort has over eighteen years experience applying his unique blend of technology and leadership skills to improve business performance for major national and international corporations. An accomplished IT Manager, his expertise includes strategic and tactical management philosophies geared toward revenue optimization and reducing costs.
Bruce has been able to develop an extremely versatile blend of creative and operational strengths. His hands on approach towards ownership of worldwide business and product technology are reflected in his work as IT Manager of SHARP Microelectronics of the Americas.
His concept creation and project management methodology have created outstanding practices and performance metrics along with the implementation of cost reduction strategies.
Bruce possesses a strong ability to identify operational deficiencies, develop improvement initiatives, and implement them effectively and efficiently. He has led a team responsible for design, development and implementation of a Global Design Win system that is used by international business units to manage, coordinate and close design-in business opportunities. He has also successfully led the transformation of a chaotic IT organization to that of a first class, customer focused department that has helped support the rapid growth and profitability of the company.
Bruce founded OpenNTF.org in 2001 − an open source community for Lotus Notes and Domino developers. OpenNTF has gone on to become one of the most popular web destinations for Notes and Domino developers. Bruce can be heard on his weekly “Taking Notes” podcast where he interviews various industry luminaries with regard to collaboration and social networking. Bruce has also recently launched a new site called "Idea Jam" which focuses on idea generation and promotion.
Bruce Elgort’s Specialties:
Branding and Identity, Public Relations, Social Software
Bruce Elgort’s Experience
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Co-host
Taking Notes Podcast
(Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 9 months)
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IT Manager
Sharp Electronics
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
September 1998 — Present (10 years 11 months)
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Co-host
The 1352 Report Podcast
(Media Production industry)
August 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 5 months)
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IdeaJam and LinkJam
Elguji Software
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — December 2007 (2 years)
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Co-Founder
OpenNTF.org
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 6 months)
An Open Source Community for IBM's Lotus Notes and Domino.
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Manager of Information and Office Services
Underwriters Laboratories
(Computer Software industry)
1985 — 1998 (13 years)
Bruce Elgort’s Education
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Polytechnic University
MS , Engineering Management , 1988 — 1990
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Stevens Institute of Technology
BE , Electrical Engineering , 1981 — 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Theta XI
Honor Board
Gear and Triangle
Jazz Ensemble
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Lawrence HS
1980 — 1981
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