Throughout his career, Russ has been focused on developing applications that leverage technology to solve business problems. He has held sales, business development, and channel leadership roles at four technology startups: Zoomdata, Clarabridge, Tellius, and Brainbench.
His breadth of experience includes application development for DoD mission-critical systems, deploying automated recruitment programs for the intelligence community, and selling a text analytics application for commercial VOC programs. He was also a Zoomdata Co-Founder, where their team built a next-generation data analytics platform for Big Data.
Russ is a graduate of Northeastern University and holds an MBA from George Mason University. He coaches high school hockey in Virginia, where he resides with his family.