Robert Harris:  

CLASS OF 1987
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Manahawkin, NJ
Rutgers University Class of 1995
New brunswick, NJ
Manahawkin, NJ
Manahawkin, NJ
Geneseo, IL

Robert's Story

Life Hmmm.. where to start? How about the beginning??? OK, Immediately after high school I worked some crappy jobs (i.e. a Plastic Factory and Stafford Lanes... ugghh), went to OCC for a few semesters, played in a band and basically continued being a lazy bastage for a few years. In 1990 I opened my first business "Superior Reconditioning, LLC" which was an auto detailing shop located on Rt. 9 just down the street from the high school. That turned into a very successful venture but I knew I could do better and hated physical labor. So, I ran it until '92 when I decided to sell and use the cash to pay for a return to college. I applied and got accepted to Rutgers University (Rutgers College) in New Brunswick, and moved to an apartment in Somerset. I was there until 1995 and then moved to Alabama (of all places) and transferred to the University of Alabama, Birmingham. During college I worked at an antique art dealership performing all of their computer related fun and moving them to a paper-free environment and also as a tech. for an in home computer tutoring company. That company went out of business while I was there. I ended up taking over their client base thus starting my 2nd business venture in the form of "Digivex Enterprises, LLC". I continued tutoring but also purchased a co-located web-server and started selling hosting space on it for my business and personal clients. I then began designing and hosting web sites and selling those services as well. All in all it went very well and I ran Digivex until I started working in Corp. America. I actually still have some remaining hosting clients to this day - Unreal! After graduating from UAB in 1998 I immediately moved back to sanity... I mean, New Jersey... Within 3 months ...Expand for more
I had quite a few job offers and I finally accepted a job as a Usability Engineer/Member of Technical Staff at Bell Communications Research, aka BellCore. A few years later the company was sold and became Telcordia Technologies. I worked at BellCore/Telcordia almost 9 years but the environment there went in the hopper as the company took a dump financially and went through years of downsizing and serious cutbacks. Finally I had enough and in April of 2007 I took a position with and moved over to Verizon Business (the old MCI/Worldcom). I was with VZB until February of 2008. It started out great but quickly went downhill. I was not being utilized to my full potential and felt I was losing my skills, so I began looking again. In Feb 2008 I took a position at LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell as Manager, User Experience for Global Client Development. I now run a cross-disciplinary team of ppl and am responsible for UX operations within the Client Development solution line. I love it. As far as my personal life, I was with Chrissy Dunn since high school and up until 2002. We both went to Rutgers and moved to Alabama together as well. We even graduated from UAB on the same day! As you may or may not know, she and I had started dating in 1986 (I was 17, she was 16). We were together nearly 17 years (yes.. seventeen) before separating. We never married but lasted together longer than most marriages! Chrissy and I ended up parting ways (amicably) in late 2002. Not long after that, I met my fiance, Marta. We've been together now since 2003. I proposed in 2006 - no date has been set. All in all, life is good. BTW: I'm still me! I still have long hair and still play in bands... if we had a pep rally today, I'D CUT! Meet you at the fence!
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