Brent Harrison

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Brent Harrison is Founder and President of SmokeJumper Strategy, a Silicon Valley-based consulting firm. He is an experienced product innovator, marketer and team leader. His track record includes building winning products and profitable businesses in consumer, enterprise, developer and education markets.

Prior to founding SmokeJumper Strategy, Brent was Vice President of Marketing at Apple. There, he transformed PowerSchool’s product line (a K-12 student information system), doubled revenues and led the division to profitability for the first time in its history.

Previously, Brent was Executive Director at America Online (AOL) and Netscape Communications. He invented AOL Communicator, which became AOL’s broadband communications client; redefined “You’ve Got Pictures”, a service allowing AOL members to manage and share their digital images; and led the creation of the Internet’s #1 automotive destination across AOL, CompuServe and Netscape.

At Netscape, Brent built and managed a team of 75 engineers, product and program managers, that shipped multiple versions of the Netscape Enterprise Client. He also held positions in Market Development and Strategic Planning.

Brent’s first career experience was as a SmokeJumper, parachuting into forest fires, in Canada’s North - thus the name of the consulting firm

Brent holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a BA from Queen’s University. Brent is also co-owner of Savvy Cellar Wines, a wine bar and wine shop with its initial location in Redwood City, CA, and Lake Morton Vacations, located between Seattle and Mt. Rainier National Park in Washington State.

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