Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 17, 2000
SHELLEY A. HARRISON, PhD is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
SPACEHAB, Inc. Dr. Harrison has served as the Company's Chief Executive
Officer since April 1996. He has been a member of the company's Board of
Directors since August 1987 and was elected Chairman of the Board in
August 1993. Dr. Harrison began funding SPACEHAB in 1985, organized
progressive private equity, debt and public financings of approximately
$250 million dollars and provided fundamental leadership, vision and
strategic direction since 1993. Dr. Harrison co-founded and served as
Chairman and CEO of Symbol Technologies Inc. (NYSE-SBL) from 1973 to
1982. Symbol Technologies Inc. is the world leader in bar code laser
scanning technologies. Dr. Harrison is a Founder and Managing General
Partner of PolyVentures I & II, organized in 1987 and 1991,
respectively. These high-tech venture capital funds have financed and
developed over 24 companies, many of which are now public. Dr. Harrison
was a member of technical staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories and a
Professor of Electrical Sciences at the State University of New York at
Stony Brook. Dr. Harrison holds a PhD and MS in Electrophysics from
Polytechnic University and a Bachelor's Degree of Electrical Engineering
from NYU. He is a member of numerous honor societies, trade and industry
organizations, technology advisor to governments, author of books and
technical publications and holder of numerous patents. Dr. Harrison is
also a member of the Boards of AppliedTheory Corporation, Inc.,
cIick2learn.com, Information Resource Engineering, Inc., and NetManage,
Inc., as well as several private technology companies. Profile
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Dr. Harrison: SPACEHAB started in 1984 with the specific goal of
