Advisory Board Member at Austin Poets International
Austin, Texas Area
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- Advisory Board Member at Austin Poets International
- Founder at {Unnamed}
- Consultant at Xiologix
- Chairman, Board of Directors at Veteran Tutors, Inc.
- Past
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- Member, Citizens' Bond Committee at Round Rock ISD
- Chairman, Board of Directors & Treasurer at Austin Poets International, Inc.
- VP, Infrastructure at Harte-Hanks
- VP, Infrastructure at Harte-Hanks
- Vice President at CTJWL
- Director, Network Systems at Austin ISD
- CTO at Austin Logistics
- Director at Tivoli Systems (IBM)
- VP, Marketing at Netraverse, Inc.
- Director at IBM
- Director at Tivoli Systems (IBM)
- Director at Tivoli Systems (IBM)
- CEO at WebSource, Inc.
- Software Designer at Sheshunoff Information Services
- Education
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- State University of New York Empire State College
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Shlomi Harif’s Summary
I'm a 30-year computer professional who is good at getting and sticking to the bottom line: if my company AND the customer aren't going to make or save money with a transaction, it's not a good use of anyone's time.
I work well with a broad range of folks: from CEOs to sales to business and technology staff levels. I enjoy leading and mentoring, and creating and executing on strategies.
I'm personally creative: a published poet, photographer, writer. I hold patents in enterprise networking, grid computing and human/computer interfaces.
Shlomi Harif’s Specialties:
Pre- and post-sales architecture and engagement; upper and executive management, (Director; CIO or CTO in startups or SMBs); P&L responsibility; product or services delivery management; creating business and organizational strategies; security-related solutions and business process consulting.
Shlomi Harif’s Experience
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Advisory Board Member
Austin Poets International
(Writing and Editing industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
After a hiatus from the organization (I was co-chair in 2007), I am back as a member at large. API hosts the Austin International Poetry Festival every April. It's the largest non-juried poetry festival in the United States.
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Founder
{Unnamed}
(Retail industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Web-based, environmentally and local commerce aware business.
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Consultant
Xiologix
(Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Consultant to Xiologix in determining scope and opportunity for Texas-based projects in the data center, storage, virtualization and security arenas.
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Chairman, Board of Directors
Veteran Tutors, Inc.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
This organization seeks to teach the hardest struggling students to succeed in robots, programming, or anything else that shows them they can succeed in a science, technology, engineering, or math career. The tutors are disabled US military veterans, learning teaching skills that will help them integrate into today's remote work force.
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Member, Citizens' Bond Committee
Round Rock ISD
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)
The District Projects sub-committee of the CBC is charged with recommending to the Round Rock school board bond investment decisions in matters of Technology and District-wide planning for the coming three years. I worked with the CIO, Superintendent and other key ISD staff to create a set of strategic recommendations for investment in the upcoming bond election.
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Chairman, Board of Directors & Treasurer
Austin Poets International, Inc.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)
Managed the operation of the largest non-juried poetry festival in the United States, the Austin International Poetry Festival. This event has drawn poets from every continent, and features juried youth and adult anthologies, invited and feature poet readings, workshops, birds-of-a-feather venues, and more.
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VP, Infrastructure
Harte-Hanks
(Information Services industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
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VP, Infrastructure
Harte-Hanks
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; HHS; Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2007 — April 2008 (9 months)
Responsible for infrastructure for Harte-Hanks' CRM business.
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Vice President
CTJWL
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
September 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 2 months)
A Central Texas writers' group open to all. I provided monthly coaching and work with authors on their works. CTJWL has two yearly parties and has sponsored writing events with featured speakers of the likes of Kinky Friedman and Mark G. Yudof, Chancellor of Texas' UT system.
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Director, Network Systems
Austin ISD
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 11 months)
Managing networks, servers, desktops, phones, web, e-mail and InfoSec for the Austin school district, I've got a CxO background and am always looking for the best ROI for my time.
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CTO
Austin Logistics
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Banking industry)
October 2001 — March 2003 (1 year 6 months)
CTO responsible for software development, customer support and internal IT functions.
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Director
Tivoli Systems (IBM)
(Public Company; Information Services industry)
1996 — 2001 (5 years)
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VP, Marketing
Netraverse, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
February 2001 — July 2001 (6 months)
Managed marketing, taxonomy, market segmentation and activities of a 5-person marketing team.
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Director
IBM
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ibm; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — January 2001 (4 years 5 months)
Worked in Tivoli division of Software Group. Held various positions from IT (deployed Tivoli throughout enterprise) to P&L responsibility for creating and selling product (successfully!) worldwide to handling operations, budgeting and partners for a quarter-billion dollar business unit. Have eight patents assigned to IBM as well.
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Director
Tivoli Systems (IBM)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — January 2001 (4 years 5 months)
See IBM description -- same job, different company name.
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Director
Tivoli Systems (IBM)
(Information Services industry)
1996 — 2001 (5 years)
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CEO
WebSource, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
May 1995 — August 1996 (1 year 4 months)
Founded and ran an internet business that included renting apartments via the 'net, designing car specifications based on which consumers received a 'hassle-free' quote from a participating dealer.
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Software Designer
Sheshunoff Information Services
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Shlomi Harif’s Education
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State University of New York Empire State College
BS , Ergonomics, Writing, Military History , 1989 — 1991
Additional Information
Shlomi Harif’s Interests:
Parenting, writing, cooking, hiking, mentoring
Shlomi Harif’s Groups:
Infragard
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The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees -
Austin High-Tech -
Tivoli Software Alumni -
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Harte-Hanks Alumni -
Tech Ranch
Shlomi Harif’s Honors:
Patents awarded for network time synchronization, voice commands to control computing and automated distributed computing job management, grid computing management and a wearable keyboard that uses chocolate (well, cocoa anyway).
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