Russell Lobban

Russell Lobban has a long and varied work experience. Russell started at California State University in 2002 as an Analyst/Programmer I, where they implemented an appointment scheduler using Visual Basic and Microsoft Access, maintained and troubleshooted various custom applications, and provided software training workshops for professional staff. Russell then moved to Analyst/Programmer II, where they designed and implemented web based solutions to assist advisors with their daily tasks, produced reports for the Federal Department of Education based on government specifications, and provided desktop support to staff members in the department. In 2008, they were promoted to Data Warehouse Lead, where they were responsible for all aspects of the Data Warehouse, including data modeling, ETL and reporting, and provided direction to the Data Warehouse team. In 2012, they moved to Auctiva as a Data Analyst, where they provided in depth data analysis to identify opportunities for business expansion, designed and implemented Dimensional Modeled data marts to support operational data and analytical data, and implemented SQL Server Analysis Services solution to provide end users access to adhoc self service reporting. That same year, they moved to Build.com as VP Marketing and Analytics, Director of Customer Retention Marketing, and Director of Business Intelligence and Customer Analytics. In 2018, they moved to MarketFleet as VP Marketing and, most recently, in 2022 they moved to Olsam as Director of Data Engineering.

Russell Lobban obtained a Master of Science in Computer Science from California State University between 2003 and 2007. Russell also obtained a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Florida International University between 1998 and 2002.