Harris Miller, the outspoken president of the Information Technology Association of America , has left the organization to pursue "personal interests."

Manufacturing & Technology News, Feb 6, 2006

Harris Miller, the outspoken president of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), has left the organization to pursue "personal interests." The Arlington, Va.-based group has named Robert Laurence, vice president of public sector for Sybase, as the organization's interim president.

Laurence has been chairman of the ITAA board of directors and served as chairman of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance, of which ITAA is the secretariat. Miller was president of the group for 10 years. The ITAA board of directors is conducting a search for a permanent president.