Russ Young

Chief Technology Officer at Saddle Rock Legal Group

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A technology leader with 10+ years of experience as a CTO, CIO & VP of Engineering with a background in Financial Services, FinTech, HealthTech, & Blockchain. Managed & scaled teams from 7 - 50+ composed of Software Engineers, QA, Project and Product Managers, Systems, Network and Security Engineers. Led technical due diligence and managed stakeholders through series funding and IPO. Excelled in team building, project management, and strategic development across diverse sectors. Specializing in product design, infrastructure enhancement, and team motivation. Helped startups scale rapidly and larger organizations create positive cash flow by developing new product lines, while meeting cybersecurity, compliance and regulatory requirements. My focus includes mentoring, process automation, and effective communication, all aimed at driving profitability and fostering teamwork. I create great software by creating a software machine. The machine starts with recruiting great engineers and mentoring effective team leaders. The machine operates by implementing solid process and proven practices that drive efficiency, reduce waste and increase accountability by following scrum and continuous integration practices. Active listening, radical candor and continuous improvement develop healthy culture, motivate engineers and calibrate the software machine. I value employees that are intelligent, innovative, dependable and hard-working - and I expect the same from myself. I work hard and play hard - and value a healthy work life balance. I value time with my family, traveling and exploring the great outdoors!