Andrew Heller/Bio
It's here! Andrew Heller's latest CD "Christmas Wonder". After winning numerous competitions and singing awards in his teenage years and singing light opera, musicals, and formal church solos professionally to earn much of his way during his university years, Andrew Heller turned his attentions to high technology. He spent 23 years at IBM working his way to the very top echelons of technical and business management at the company. Among his awards and titles was the honor of being the youngest person ever appointed to the position of IBM Fellow, a lifelong title. He also served as the head (president) of the Independent Business Unit (IBU) at IBM, located in Austin, Texas, that created the family of computers and software now known as the RS6000, the Power PC family of microprocessors (that are now in Apple computers) and AIX.
After leaving IBM in the late 1980s, he has spent the last 15+ years in the creation and building of young and new high technology companies both as a venture capitalist and as and entrepreneur, a career that he continues to pursue today. Although he started these activities in the famed Silicon Valley, he returned to his beloved Austin in 1993 where he has remained.
Throughout the period from the late 1960s through the 2000s he continued singing to his wife of over three decades and a few select friends at anniversaries, birthdays, and other important family events. He also sang occasionally at various charity events and benefits as well as at an occasional party or piano bar, but he did not pursue singing as a serious vocation or avocation.
It was his wife, Mary Ann who finally convinced him to open his heart and his songs to a broader audience and to record CDs that would be available to the general public by presenting him with a Christmas present of his first CD in December of 2002,. The reaction to his first CD recorded in the spring of 2003, "Be My Love", sold to people in the central Texas area has been remarkable and surprised both he and his wife. El Paso has been an international success (Be My Love and El Paso are available at heller.com, CDbaby.com, Amazon.com, Waterloo and local Austin merchants).
Now comes a Christmas CD, "Christmas Wonder", that will be in stores in time for Christmas festivities. This CD brings back many of the great musical sounds and well known songs that have warmed hearts for generations but have not been recorded like this for many years. The CD has something for everyone who loves Christmas; great music, fabulous singing, Texas swinging, great orchestra and beautiful chorus, and some great musical solos as well.
In addition to his technical business career, Andrew and his wife own and operate a cattle and timber ranch in northern California that they have had since the early 1970s reflecting on his long love for horses and riding that dates to the early years of his childhood.
Andrew has continued to stay committed to the technology business and has started, runs, or advises numerous new high technology startup companies based in Austin, San Antonio and other central Texas locations. He is currently Chairman and CEO of a new startup based in Austin, Texas and Albuquerque, NM that makes a revolutionary new type of flat panel display. He also serves as an advisor on the fine arts advisory council of the University of Texas and on the Board of Trustees of the Austin Lyric Opera.
Both Andrew and his wife remain deeply committed to Austin and Texas and both support and serve in many educational, musical, and philanthropic organizations.
Check out the artist's website:
http://users4.ev1.net/~heller1Track List:
1. Sleigh Ride
2. Do You Hear What I Hear?
3. Winter Wonderland
4. Silver Bells
5. Let It Snow
6. It's Beginnng to Look a Lot Like Christmas
7. Oh Holy Night
8. Medley
9. Silent Night
10. White Christmas
11. The Christmas Song (chestnuts Roasting)
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