Michelle
Russell

Michelle is a savvy technology executive and patented inventor with extensive experience leading SaaS strategy and delivery initiatives. She has a proven ability to build and scale world class technology organizations and ensure they are equipped with strong delivery pipelines. Michelle aligns technology investments with corporate goals & EBITDA targets. She has led M&A integration, digital transformation, Agile adoption, and tech stack modernization initiatives. Michelle is an AI enabler who leverages data to enrich product capabilities. Her leadership spans diverse industry and company settings (startup to $4 billion), always with a commitment to innovation.

As a CTO, Michelle builds a high-performance technology organization that advances product portfolios. Leveraging her experience in startup environments, she artfully leads UI/UX, product, software architecture and engineering, quality assurance, data science, dev ops, and Agile delivery teams. As a founder, she has raised capital, set the strategic vision, developed the IT roadmap, conducted market research, developed prototypes, and launched new products. She has also charted the successful exit of the companies and ensured seamless post-merger technology integration. Michelle is a creative, inspiring professional who leads with ideas and sparks energy across the team. Her ability to build rapport across all levels of an organization coupled with her broad technology knowledge make her a versatile technology leader.

Michelle graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Georgia. She continued her education at Georgia State University where she earned a Master of Business Administration. Away from the office, she enjoys running, pickleball, volunteering in her church, and time shared with her family.