Russell Taga

Head of Engineering at coastapp

Russell Taga has extensive work experience in engineering and leadership roles.

Most recently, they served as the Head of Engineering at Coast App starting in April 2019.

Prior to that, Taga was a Partner at Archive Media, the makers of Gather, from January 2018 to June 2019.

Russell also served as the Director of Engineering at Fitbit from May 2016 to December 2017.

Before Fitbit, Taga was the COO at Coin, Inc. from July 2013 to May 2016.

Russell held the position of Vice President of Engineering at HotelTonight from August 2012 to July 2013.

Taga also served as the Vice President of Operations at Spartan Software, Inc. from January 2011 to August 2012.

Additionally, they held the role of Vice President of Engineering at Howcast Media, Inc. from October 2007 to January 2011.

Before that, Taga was the Manager of Web Engineering at Adobe from May 2004 to October 2007.

Russell also worked as a Development Lead at Cisco from November 2003 to May 2004.

Taga started their career as a Solutions Architect at Idiom Technologies from February 2000 to September 2003.

Russell Taga obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines between the years 1994 and 1998.

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  • Head of Engineering

    April, 2019 - present