John V. Harker is the former
chairman of the InFocus
corporation
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.
He resigned as chairman on December 1, 2005.
Business life
John Harker started work at InFocus in
1992 and
has transformed the company from being a small startup selling
business
projectors to a thriving
business with many display products. Products that have been
developed under his leadership include a variety of business
projectors as well as
home theatre
projection and
DLP Rear Projection televisions.
John Harker served a variety of roles before coming to work with
the InFocus corporation. He was an Executive Vice President at
GENICOM Corporation (1984-1992), the Senior
Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development at
Dataproducts Corporation
(1982-1984), the Vice President of Booz, Allen, and Hamilton
(1979-1982), and as a manager at
IBM
(1963-1979).
Currently, the combined
salary and benefits
package for Mr. Harker is about $841,000 per year. This makes him
the highest paid person at the InFocus Corporation.
Community service
John
Harker currently chairs the Business Advisory Council at the school
of business administration
at Portland State
University
, and is on the Business Advisory Council at the
Leeds school of Business 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 was the board chair since June 2003
to June 2004.
Mr. Harker is also involved with the
American Electronics
Association. He currently serves as the Chairman 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
manufacturing concerns of American corporations.
Personal life
John was
born in Denison,
Iowa
and is married to wife
Judith (née Skelley). 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.
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