Russell Benko

Russell Benko has extensive work experience in pricing and strategic analytics roles. Russell is currently the Director of Pricing at Cision since May 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Stericycle from 2018 to 2022, starting as the Director of Pricing and Revenue Management and later becoming the Sr Director of Strategic Pricing and Contracting Strategy. At Stericycle, they drove significant profit impacts and exceeded pricing targets.

Before Stericycle, Russell worked at Navistar Inc from 2016 to 2018 as the Director of Pricing and Strategic Analytics, leading strategic pricing initiatives and achieving substantial profit improvements. Russell also managed a pricing team and consistently exceeded net pricing targets.

Russell's previous experience includes being a Pricing Manager at Navistar Inc from 2011 to 2015, where they developed price strategies and drove significant net income increases. Russell also collaborated with the purchasing department to optimize pricing based on cost factors.

Earlier in their career, they worked at Baxter International Inc. from 2000 to 2010 in various roles, including Manager of Pricing and Contracting and Manager of General Accounting. In these roles, they managed teams and achieved significant net income increases through process improvements and collaboration with sales teams.

Overall, Russell Benko has a proven track record of driving profit impacts, exceeding targets, and leading pricing and strategic analytics teams.

Russell Benko completed their Bachelor's degree in Economics from Loyola University Chicago between 1996 and 1999. Russell later pursued further education at the DePaul Driehaus College of Business from 2004 to 2006, earning a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Organizational Leadership.