Throughout his career, Russ has been focused on developing applications that leverage technology to solve business problems. Â 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.