Larry Harris, President, Ansible
Larry Harris is president of Ansible, a worldwide mobile communication services company. A joint venture of Interpublic and Velti, Ansible works with brands, agencies and content providers to develop and deploy mobile advertising and marketing solutions.
Mr. Harris joined Ansible in 2007 from Draftfcb, where he served as executive vice president, director of integrated communications, and developed multi-channel integrated communications for clients like Bank of America and CA. Most recently, he led the IPG/Facebook.com collaborative team, which helped clients and IPG agencies develop innovative research and marketing programs that leveraged the popular social networking platform for competitive advantage.
Prior to joining Draft, Mr. Harris founded and led FCBi Digital. As Senior Vice President, Executive Producer and Digital Creative Honcho (and, yes, that was his actual title), he led online strategies and creative development for a broad array of clients, including AT&T, HP, Merck, MetLife, JPMorganChase and Qwest.
Before starting up FCBi, Mr. Harris was a creative director at Foote, Cone & Belding, working on Chase Bank, Lucent, MetLife and NCR. He joined FCB's New York office in 1995 after a five-year stint at DMB&B, St. Louis, where he was an associate creative director on Budweiser and O'Doul's.
A Harvard graduate, Mr. Harris sits on several boards and advisory boards, including The Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers at Phillips Academy, New Yorkers for Children, the MacDowell Colony and The Appleseed Foundation. Despite numerous impassioned inquiries, as of this writing, he has not been asked to coach or advise his beloved Knicks.
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