John V. Harker is the current chairman of the InFocus corperation located in Wilsonville, Oregon. He had been the president and CEO of the company since 1992 before Kyle Ranson took his place on September 1, 2004. Image File history File links John Harker File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... InFocus Corporation is a company primarily known for developing, manufacturing, and selling a variety of digital projectors for both business and consumer use. ... Wilsonville is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... C. Kyle Ranson is currently the President and CEO of InFocus headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Buisness Life

John Harker started work at InFocus in 1992 and has transformed the company from being a small startup selling buisness projectors to a thriving buisness with many display products. Products that have been developed under his leaderships include a variety of buisness projectors as well as home theatre projection and DLP Rear Projection televisions. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Digital Projector is an electo-optical machine which converts image data from a computer or video source to a bright image which is then imaged on a distant wall or screen using a lens system. ... Home cinema, also called Home theater, seeks to reproduce cinema quality video and audio in the home. ... Digital Light Processing (DLP) is a technology used in projectors and projection televisions. ...

John Harker served a variety of roles before coming to work with the InFocus corperation. He was an Executive Vice President at TallyGenicom Corperation (1984-1992), the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Coprerate Development at Columbia Data Products Inc. (1982-1984), the Vice President of Booza, Allen, and Hamilton (1979-1982), and as a manager at IBM (1963-1979). TallyGenicom was formed when the Tally Mannesman company was merged to Genicom. ... June 1982: Columbia Data Products introduced the MPC - Multi Personal Computer. ... International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ...

Currently the combined salary and benifits package for Mr. Harker is about $841,000 per year. This make him the highest paid person at the InFocus Corperation. Salary is a form of periodic payment from the employer to the employee, which is specified in an employment contract. ...

Community Service

Outside of Work, John Harker plays a vital role in the community. He currently chairs the Buisness Advisory Council at the school of buisness administration at Portland State University, and is on the Buisness Advisory Council at the Leeds school of Buisness at the University of Colorado.He also has served on the Board of Trustees for the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry since 1997 and has been the board chair since June of 2003. Wiktionary has a definition of: Administration Organisational use In some organisational analyses, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of mundane office tasks, usually internally oriented. ... Portland State University (or PSU) is a university located in downtown Portland, Oregon. ... The University of Colorado (CU) System consists of five campuses: University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Colorado Springs University of Colorado at Denver University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, scheduled to open in 2007 in Aurora, Colorado... The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a member of a trust, which can be set up for any of a variety of purposes, and is entrusted with the administration of property on behalf of others. ... The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry museum complex and its submarine, the U.S.S. Blueback The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a museum located on the East bank of the Willamette River in southeast Portland, Oregon. ...

Mr. Harker is also very involved with the American Electronics Association. He currently serves as the Chariman of the National Board of the group and is on the council for the local chapter in Oregon. With the AEA, Harker has brought the spotlight on China and the Manufacuting concernes of American Corperations.

Personal Life

John was born in Denison, Iowa and is married to wife Judith. He has three children, John Jr., Julie, and James. He currently resides in Lake Oswego, Oregon and enjoys a variety of outside activities. He attended the University of Colorado and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. He is currently 70 years old. Denison is a city located in Crawford County, Iowa. ... Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ... Lake Oswego (incorporated in 1910) is a city in northwest Oregon just south of Portland, Oregon, surrounding the 405 acre (1. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Traditionally, marketing has been a term applied to the process or act of bringing together buyers and sellers. ...

Sources

http://ir.infocus.com/management -- Biographical info -- Retrived 7-27-05

http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo -- Salery and Biographical Info -- Retrived 7-27-05

Portland Buisness Journal, "Ex-InFocus CEO Advances Broader Agenda", June 10, 2005

http://www.omsi.edu/info/pr/previous.cfm -- Retrived 7-27-05

External Links

http://ir.infocus.com/management/person.jsp?lastname=Harker& -- Maganement Biography