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Rich Harris > Musician, Artist, Photographer, Web Ninja, Sarcastic Jerk

Resume

January 5th, 2008 by admin

Web Leader and Strategist with over 12 years of hands on experience developing, designing, and managing corporate websites. Direct experience building web teams, making long-term/critical web technology decisions for tech companies. Interested in working with companies to help them understand their web audience, strategy for driving the right traffic, increasing their overall ROI on web initiatives, and helping them learn how to utilize the new media/C2C/social marketing landscape.

Rich Harris’s Specialties:

* Social Media Strategy development - (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and more…)
* External Blog Strategy development
* Web Analytics (Google, Hitbox, Omniture)
* Small to large-scale web project management
* SEO/PPC campaign managment
* Competitive site/technology/feature analysis
* Online brand-awareness
* IT infrastructure knowledge
* Web design/technology
* Web Team/Vendor Management
* Web release process/infrastructure

Rich Harris’s Experience

  • Senior Manager, Social Media

    Seagate Technology

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; STX; Computer Hardware industry)

    July 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

    Responsible for the following:
    * Manage Seagate’s corporate external blogging strategy from executive level blogs on down.
    * Acquire content from all Seagate sponsored events/shows - photography, interviews, quotes, etc. I either traveled myself or managed vendor resources to be on the ground getting content.
    * Keep all social media platforms up to date, maintaining a consistent message and strategy for all sites - Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Del.icio.us, YouTube, and more
    * Constantly researching the latest social media tools/technology to make sure Seagate is always using/utilizing the latest offerings for corporate social media initiatives, viral/guerrilla style marketing opportunities.

  • CTO/SVP Online Business Development

    Media Descent (Consultant)

    (Online Media industry)

    September 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 11 months)

    Management
    * Web Analytics
    * SEO/PPC Implementation/Management
    * Provided project roadmap based on competitive analysis, site analytics
    * Managed all external vendor relationships
    * Managed web team (full time & contractors)
    * Made final decision on all technology used for all web properties

    Implementation
    * Front-End coding
    * Design/layout/creative

    Business Development
    * Attended various actions sports trade shows, meeting with relevant brands and companies to strike up new relationships
    * Instrumental in sustaining currently existing partnerships as they relate to technology

  • Senior Web Project/Production Manager

    Seagate Technology

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; STX; Computer Hardware industry)

    October 2007 — July 2008 (10 months)

    Seagate.com/Maxtor.com
    * Web Analytics maintenance/analysis
    * PPC/SEO Project Management for online retail/branding
    * Managed web production, execution, and resource allocation for entire web development team
    * Managed relationships with vendors specializing in web creative, search, and development services.

  • Corporate Webmaster

    Everyone.net

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2006 — October 2007 (1 year)

    * Web Analytics
    * Corporate Website(s)
    * SEO, PPC
    * Design
    * Coding/Development
    * Team Mgmt.
    * Webmail Product (front-end/UI design/usability)

  • Web Build/Release Manager

    Workstream, Inc.

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; WSTM; Information Technology and Services industry)

    February 2006 — November 2006 (10 months)

  • Web Release Manager

    Shopping.com

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; SHOP; Internet industry)

    February 2005 — February 2006 (1 year 1 month)

  • Owner

    Dislocated Skate Shop

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2005 — 2006 (1 year)

  • Corporate Webmaster

    Tapwave, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2004 — February 2005 (1 year 2 months)

    * Web Analytics
    * SEO/PPC Management
    * Creative Layout/Design
    * Front-End coding
    * Web Program/Project Management
    * Web Technology Planning

  • Engineering Webmaster/Technical Lead

    Entrust, Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; ENTU; Information Technology and Services industry)

    November 2000 — September 2003 (2 years 11 months)

  • Senior Web Producer/Intranet Webmaster

    Palm, Inc.

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; PALM; Computer Hardware industry)

    October 1998 — November 2000 (2 years 2 months)

  • Web Producer

    Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.

    (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

    1996 — 1998 (2 years)

  • Senior Web Producer

    Diamond Multimedia

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; DIMD; Computer Hardware industry)

    March 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 8 months)

Rich Harris’s Interests:

My family, indie films, music, technology, video games, art, photography, motocross, skateboarding

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