Profile
Russ brings over 25 years of strategic design and development experience in the Payments and Financial Services industry. He has a proven track record in payments processing, merchant acquiring, data security, and embedded finance, successfully creating impactful solutions across diverse sectors such as higher education, healthcare, and retail—both online and offline. As a pragmatic and data-driven technology practitioner, Russ thrives on tackling challenging strategic initiatives, leveraging his expertise to drive market innovation through the practical application of payments and financial technologies.
Professional Background
Prior, Russ led technology, product, and program initiatives at organizations including AT&T, Blackboard, PCI Security Standards Council, Apriva, BillingTree, and Nuvei. At Nuvei, he focused on strategic initiatives for debit processing and money movement/open-banking solutions for ISVs, ISOs, and Payment Facilitators. Additionally, he developed products aimed at enhancing partner and developer experiences for enrollment, underwriting, boarding, and funding solutions, as well as API tools and resources. Most recently, Russ served as Vice President of Product Management for Infinicept, an embedded payments solutions provider, where he led product and solutioning teams.
Education
Russ holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of North Dakota and a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix. Additionally, Russ maintains Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certifications.
Furthermore
As a North Dakota native, Russ enjoys bicycling, cooking (and eating), reading books on history, technology, and social justice, and traveling.