Raven
Raven Zachary
…is driven to create, and has an overactive imagination (often prone to headaches). This creative drive is currently focused on professional pursuits in the open source sector and experimenting with electronic music composition. He was born Zachary Harman (Zach Harman), but changed his name to Raven Zachary after a bizarre encounter with a mad Italian monk. His dream was to focus on music composition, but he dropped out of music school in Iowa and moved to the desert to work on a project called toolCards. This lead to starting an Internet company back in late 1993.
Raven is the Open Source Research Director for The 451 Group, an IT Analyst firm. He blogs on the topic of open source at 451 CAOS Theory.
When he’s not working with The 451 Group, Raven is probably involved in another project. In the meantime, Raven is an obsessive music collector and can be found discussing or contemplating music, science, and mysticism over a fine green tea. The graphic in the upper-right corner is Raven’s tuko (a personal symbol or icon). He has been using it since 1990 and it also manifests itself as his tattoo.
Various interests: open source, Apple technology, music, Vegan food, mysticism, mock monastic living, aesthetics, creativity, gravity and all attempts to escape its mighty grasp, patterns, illumination, sincerity, the transformative effects of sound, contrasting colors, the palette of existence, etcetera, etcetera…
Zen monk trapped in the 21st century.
EMAIL raven@rinzai.com
PHONE (503) 334-1810
IM ravenzachary (AIM)
MAIL 4834 NE 18th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Connect with Raven using one of the following social networks - Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Flickr.
last updated 2008.02.18
