Russ has 20 years experience in the financial markets including 14 years managing software development supporting trading and risk management at several investment banks. Prior to Northfield, he was SVP of Business Development for Redpoint Software where he was responsible for sales, product and corporate development. He was involved in the sale of Redpoint to Barra Inc. where he became Director of Business Development for their TotalRisk product line. Prior to Wall Street he was a research meteorologist at Princeton University.

Russ has a BS degree in aeronautical engineering and economics from Miami University and an MS in meteorology and mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.