Far from being a hands-off executive, Russ never strays too far from the technology work he enjoys so much. Even now, he finds opportunities to contribute his technical leadership, software design, and development experience to each Purple Monkey project. His work has been used, sold and demonstrated internationally and has been described in The Wall Street Journal, BYTE, PC Week, InfoWorld, MIS Week, Communications of the ACM and the Chicago Tribune.

In his over 21 years as a developer, Russ has used high technology to solve the business challenges of the day. While a Senior Research Associate in the Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) Technology R&D center, Russ was one of a handful of people involved in the earliest days of CD-ROM and multimedia development. One of the many projects he developed is widely recognized as the first multimedia application to stream digital video from a CD-ROM. (If you enjoy technology too, get the details here.)

Russ has four children that keep him very busy away from work with their various activities and interests. He finds time to volunteer as a board member on the District 106 Educational Foundation, coach T-ball, and help at the LaGrange Art League. He also enjoys watercolor painting and plans to pursue this interest further.