Under Russ' leadership, Covario has grown a team of nearly 100 members globally, and has expanded its client portfolio to include more than fifty Fortune 500® and Internet 1000 advertisers. For over two decades, Russ has been at the cutting edge of digital marketing, advanced analytics and CRM technologies for enterprise-class organizations. Prior to co-founding Covario, Russ was part of the management teams that sold Peregrine Systems to Hewlett Packard, sold HNC Software to Fair Isaac, and took Homestore.com public. Russ earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Asian Studies from Cornell University, where he graduated magna cum laude.

Russ is a frequent speaker at search industry events and is a sought after commentator on the state of online marketing, Russ has been quoted in Advertising Age, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, MediaPost's Online Media Daily and The New York Times.