Ramon Harris
Director, Technology Transfer Project
1001 N. Fairfax Street, Suite 300
Alexandria, VA 22314

Mr. Harris is a seasoned business manager with extensive operational management and strategic planning experience. He has assisted a number of higher education institutions in developing strategic plans both at the enterprise level and for information and telecommunication technology.

As director of the Executive Leadership Foundation’s Technology Transfer Project, Mr. Harris manages all aspects of a $10 million initiative by the Executive Leadership Foundation to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities in building technology infrastructures and integrating information and telecommunication technology into the teaching and learning process. He has also served the Foundation as the Interim Executive Director of the Institute for Leadership Development and Research. He has co-authored two publications for the Foundation. The first publication, A Ten-Step Guide to Establishing Instructional Technology, integrates his diverse organizational experiences from corporate America and public education with the development of a strategic approach for effectively integrating technology into teaching and learning. The second publication, Information and Communication Technology Strategic Planning Model, provides colleges and universities with a step-by–step process for planning and developing a pragmatic approach for the adoption and integration of information and communication technology into the living and learning environment. In addition, Mr. Harris was a consultant and advisor to an EDUCAUSE initiative, funded by the National Science Foundation, entitled Advanced Networking with Minority Serving Institutions (AN-MSI).

Mr. Harris was divisional president for Education Alternatives, Inc. during 1995 and 1996. As divisional president, he managed all aspects of twelve Baltimore public schools involved in a unique private-public partnership arrangement.

Mr. Harris spent 23 years with the Xerox Corporation, managing finance and administrative operations. From 1988 to 1995, he served as the Business Manager for Xerox operations in Philadelphia and in McLean, Virginia. He had financial responsibility for marketing, service and administrative functions with revenues of $400 million and profits of $150 million.

Mr. Harris has extensive Total Quality Management and strategic planning experience. During 1986 and 1987, he was Quality Manager for Xerox’s Mid-Atlantic Region, where he developed and implemented the Leadership Through Quality Program, which included all aspects of strategic planning and training.

From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Harris was the Region Controller for Xerox’s Mid-Atlantic Region with responsibilities for managing all administrative and financial activities. From 1978 to 1980, he served as the Manager of Finance and Administrative Management Training. In this position, he developed performance-based curricula for financial and administrative management.

Mr. Harris holds a BS degree in business from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.