“I’m very excited to bring my knowledge of Microsoft cloud products and the state of California IT landscape to the AvePoint team to grow our footprint here in California,” Russell told Industry Insider — California.
AvePoint “provides the most advanced platform for SaaS (software as a service) and data management to optimize SaaS operations and secure collaboration,” the company says. “More than 9 million cloud users rely on our solutions.”
Russell began his tech career with Microsoft as a sales engineer. He is an alumnus of the University of California at Irvine, with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Bachelor of Science in information and computer science.
He enjoys the great outdoor adventures and live music Northern California has to offer. He raised two children in Sacramento who are “now in college and starting their own journeys,” he said.
