Russ is a 25+ year tech, sales, product, and branding executive. His hi-tech background ranges from start-up ventures to Fortune 500 giants like Oracle and his first programming job at Mobil Oil. He has a wealth of experience leading teams, delivering value to shareholders, and scaling organizations.

Russ previously served as Executive Chairman of Netrix’s Board of Directors, joins from Infrascale, a cloud-based data protection, backup, and disaster recovery solution provider where he has been CEO since 2019.

Prior to Infrascale, Russ served as President and CEO of the U.S. business of OVHcloud, a French cloud computing company, where he oversaw the acquisition and integration of vCloud Air from VMware in 2017. Previously, Russ served on the Executive Leadership Team at GoDaddy, following the acquisition of Media Temple, where he served as President and COO, by GoDaddy in 2013. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Children’s Science Center of Northern Virginia and the Advisory Board at Virtru. Russ graduated with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from James Madison University, where he currently serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Madison Center for Civic Engagement.

Russ is active in the Young Presidents’ Organization and participated in the Harvard Business School President’s Program in Leadership.

Furthermore, Russ is a constant student of change. He enjoys leading leaders and enabling teams for scalable growth. His leadership philosophy is anchored in the core values of Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, and Respect. He strives to empower highly engaged teams, turn clients into evangelists, and is passionate about scaling organizations to new heights.