Kerry S. Harris
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Kerry S. Harris (born December 8, 1969) is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Harris is involved with[clarification needed] motorcycle helmets under the brand name Akuma Helmets utilizing his patented Integrated Power System.[1][2][3][4] The Integrated Power System is also used in various other helmets to include bicycle,[5] law enforcement, and other sports related industries to increase safety and provide greater utility. Harris' innovations are currently being used by the Departments of Defense of several countries to include impact attenuation (helmets), electronics, optical technology, and human-mechanical interface technology.[6]
Biography
[edit]A veteran of both the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps, Harris served 18 years as an enlisted sailor, a Marine Corps officer, and a Naval Aviator.
Graduating from Killeen High School in Killeen, Texas, he attained the rank of Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd class (E4) in less than two years, with his primary job being a crash and salvage crewman on the flight deck of the USS Coral Sea. During his junior year at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, he attended officer candidate school for the United States Marine Corps and accepted a commission as a Second Lieutenant after graduation. After a three-year tour in the Marine Corps, Harris transferred back to the Navy to attend flight school, earning his wings of gold to fly P-3 Orions.
Harris has been a guest speaker at Harvard Business School.[citation needed] He is a member of the national honor society in Psychology (Psi Chi). He is also a pilot and maintains a commercial pilot's license with multi-engine and instrument ratings. In March 2012, Harris was named "Innovator of the Year" by Black Enterprise magazine.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Akuma Ghostrider "2007 Helmet of the Year"". Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ "United States Patent: 7303302 - Electrical power system for crash helmets". Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ Drummond 2009.
- ^ Ultimate Motorcycling 2009.
- ^ "Ironman Helmet - ILS BlueCarbon - $96.99". www.bikepartsplace.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
- ^ "Catching Up With the Black Tony Stark". Black Enterprise. December 17, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ Joel Lyons (September 1, 2012), "Small Business is Big Business", Black Enterprise, retrieved December 9, 2021
Sources
[edit]- "Akuma Helmets: Motorcycle Design Award", Ultimate Motorcycling, May 7, 2009
- Drummond, Mike, ed. (February 2009), "Shine the Light – 'The Helmet Is the Power Supply'", Inventor's Digest, archived from the original on October 8, 2011
Further reading
[edit]- Aerospace and Defense News [1]
- Dorich, Alan (July 2007), "Doing 'what makes sense': with internal power systems and three-dimensional, airbrushed graphics, Integrated Helmet Technology and Akuma Helmets have brought innovation and art to protective motorcycle helmets and bicycle helmets", US Business Review, 8 (7): 22+
- Holmes, Tamara E. (November 2008), "Riding high: entrepreneur's motorcycle helmets fuel company's success", Black Enterprise, vol. 39, no. 4, p. 45 – via The Free Library
- "Day rider", Popular Science, vol. 274, no. 2, p. 17, February 2009
- Martin, C. Sunny (2008), Who's Who in Black San Antonio: The Inaugural Edition, Who's Who Publishing Company, p. 77, ISBN 978-1933879703
- 1969 births
- 21st-century American businesspeople
- Living people
- United States Navy sailors
- United States Marine Corps officers
- Texas State University alumni
- 21st-century American inventors
- 21st-century African-American businesspeople
- African-American inventors
- 20th-century African-American people
- African-American United States Navy personnel