Russ is a technology leader with experience in healthcare, financial services, and publishing, and is currently the CTO at Saddle Rock Legal Group. He graduated from BYU with a Master’s degree in Computer Science and minors in Math and Spanish. As a software engineer at Folio Corporation, Russ developed publishing tools to digitize legal and accounting reference libraries. At Digital Harbor, he was the leader for the Utah office where he built tools to help banks tackle fraud and money laundering. Russ led the engineering teams at HealthEquity to build industry leading portals for HSA members and partners and helped guide the company through its IPO. He has helped with several local startups including SilverVue, Owlet and Galvan Health, and for 4 years was the CIO at Celtic Bank, leading the bank though the pandemic, working from home and helped design and deliver a Salesforce app that helped clients secure their PPP funds and survive the lockdowns. His leadership keys are to find and retain great talent, empower productive teams, continually improve processes, create order out of chaos, and delight customers with exceptional products and services. Russ was a Spanish speaking missionary in Los Angeles and is married with 7 children and 3 grandchildren.
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