James Russell

James Russell has an extensive work experience spanning multiple companies. James is currently serving as the Chief Product and Engineering Officer at Mobi Systems. Prior to this, they worked as a Venture Team Mentor at Harvard Innovation Labs.

Before joining Mobi Systems and Harvard Innovation Labs, James worked at Google for a significant portion of their career. James held the position of Senior Director of Engineering, Travel, where they led global engineering across various travel products, such as Google Flights, Hotels, and Trips. James played a key role in scaling the software development team to 500 developers and worked closely with other teams to define product strategies and ensure success. James also served as the Senior Director of Engineering, Flights, where they led the development teams responsible for creating Google Flights and owning the B2B SaaS airfare search and shopping products.

Prior to Google, James worked at ITA Software, Inc as the SVP of Engineering and Operations. James was responsible for managing the development, QA, operations, and product management teams, focusing on the Airfare Search, Pricing & Shopping products. James handled major airline and online travel e-commerce websites as clients.

James also has a strong background at IBM, where they held various director roles. James was the Director of Development Tools, Lotus, responsible for strategy, development, and delivery of tools and programming models for major Lotus and WebSphere Portal platforms. James built a global team and coordinated release cycles with platform releases. James also served as the Director of Emerging Technology, WebSphere, and was responsible for new and strategic technology initiatives in the WebSphere product family. Additionally, they led the Software Technology department in IBM Research, focusing on research in Application Development tools and middleware.

Overall, James Russell's work experience showcases their leadership, strategic planning, and technical expertise in the field of product development, engineering, and technology innovation.

James Russell has not provided any specific information regarding the start and end years for their education history. However, it is known that they attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and obtained an S.B. degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Additionally, they also pursued further education at Cornell University, where they earned a PhD in Computer Science.