Michael Harvey on Clubhouse

Bio

Chief Strategy Officer @Corra. Not another suit.

“Methinks he doth protest too much”
—Shakespeare

If you're going to be a suit, wear a well-tailored one and rock it. I've held operational roles as a senior executive at organizations large and small. I've sailed a boat from Seattle to Nova Scotia via the Panama canal with my wife and two young daughters. It took 4 years. Sailboats go really, really slow. I went to Stanford. I don't own a TV. I've worked at IBM, JP Morgan, and Microsoft. My second daughter, Rhiannon, was born at home in our bed. That was planned. The midwife was late. That was not planned. I've helped startups raise VC money, and then spend VC money. I've hired and fired people. I got laid off once myself. I met my wife 35 years ago in Vienna. My first daughter is named Vienna. Thank god we didn't meet in Bucharest. I have been married for over 32 years. I still love my wife like crazy. I composed and recorded a musical score for a full length feature film. I wrote and sold a 5,000 word article about the band Soundgarden back when Grunge was cool. My blog (yet to be launched but URL safely parked) is called, "Stupid Things Guys Say." I started out as a pre-med bound for neurosurgery, but then hit organic chemistry. So I studied engineering instead. I've been a Chief marketing Officer, an EVP, and the Vice President Of Technology and Brand Globalization... I don't know what that means either.

Today I help high end brands and retailers—big, small, not sure—get the most out of all of the crazy digital technologies and devices out there. The goal? Fantastic, truly unified customer experiences for upscale shoppers. Self-Driving Cars anyone?

Least favorite buzzword: Omnichannel. I can't wait for a better description to come along for the cool blend of strategy, technology, design and innovation that I get to help drive right now. It's fun and rewarding to be part of one of the biggest transformations to the economy since the Industrial Revolution. Speaking of revolutions, "off with their heads!" Headless backends may finally make true Omnichannel commerce possible for the rest of us. Viva la revolución!