Russ is an industry pioneer in the commercial use of Internet technologies. He offers clients a strong background in strategy development, market development, and product management.

Russ tracks emerging payment technologies and lectures throughout the world on ecommerce technologies, Internet business models, online marketing strategies and emerging payment solutions.

Before joining Glenbrook, Russ was a general partner with The NuVantage Group, an innovation-to-market consulting group, where his clients included CommerceNet and the Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC).

Earlier, he served as director of emerging technologies for Compaq's corporate research group, where he oversaw the development of the MilliCent micropayment system.