02.27.14
Petaluma, Calif.-based Oculus Innovative Sciences Inc. has named Russell Harrison to its board of directors effective Feb. 26.
“We are pleased to welcome Russ to our board,” said Jim Schutz, CEO of Oculus. “His extensive business background, including strong executive experience in strategic planning, will be a terrific resource as we re-focus our energy on increasing revenue growth and longer term planning.”
Harrison is the founding principal of The Leadership Group, a firm specializing in strategic change and executive coaching for U.S. and international corporations. He began his business career with then-fledgling Electronic Data Systems. In the years after, Harrison served as senior vice president at Bank of America, as chief information officer at McKesson and at SITA Telecommunications Holdings (a global communications firm in Paris), and as founding president of AMR Information Systems, an American Airlines information technology subsidiary. He has served in the role of CEO for a number of publicly traded and private companies in both the information technology and medical device sectors.
Harrison received an MBA with honors from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., and has served as president of the board of regents and as chairman of the board of trustees at the college. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Southern California and also served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps.
Oculus makes products for the surgical/advanced wound management, dermatology, women’s health and animal health sectors.
“We are pleased to welcome Russ to our board,” said Jim Schutz, CEO of Oculus. “His extensive business background, including strong executive experience in strategic planning, will be a terrific resource as we re-focus our energy on increasing revenue growth and longer term planning.”
Harrison is the founding principal of The Leadership Group, a firm specializing in strategic change and executive coaching for U.S. and international corporations. He began his business career with then-fledgling Electronic Data Systems. In the years after, Harrison served as senior vice president at Bank of America, as chief information officer at McKesson and at SITA Telecommunications Holdings (a global communications firm in Paris), and as founding president of AMR Information Systems, an American Airlines information technology subsidiary. He has served in the role of CEO for a number of publicly traded and private companies in both the information technology and medical device sectors.
Harrison received an MBA with honors from Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, Calif., and has served as president of the board of regents and as chairman of the board of trustees at the college. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Southern California and also served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps.
Oculus makes products for the surgical/advanced wound management, dermatology, women’s health and animal health sectors.