Russell has over 25 years of experience working with health care providers, biotech and pharma companies, tech companies and medical device manufacturers addressing a wide variety of information security, cybersecurity, OT security, data privacy and IT risk management problems. Russell has led various types of projects with the following providing a representative sample: the assessment of the security and privacy posture of healthcare related systems and infrastructure, implementation of a connected device total lifecycle cybersecurity solution, implementation of Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions, implementation of cyber threat intelligence and SIEM solutions, implementation of Cisco’s NAC solution (ISE) and cybersecurity assessments of complex ICS/OT manufacturing sites.

Russell is one of the leaders of Deloitte’s Cyber IoT/Industrial IoT practice and focuses on connected device safety and security. Russell has been published numerous times in periodicals such as the ISACA Journal, Information Security Magazine, and ISC2Information Systems Security Journal. Russell also has been quoted in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Minnesota Star Tribune, InformationWeek, and Healthcare IT News and in 2016 was interviewed by ABC KSTP Minneapolis for a live healthcare segment focused on cybersecurity and implantable medical devices. Russell is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), AWS Certified Security Specialty and Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in California and Maryland.