Russ Artzt

Russ Artzt is an advisor at PunchAlert and has over 39 years of experience in the software industry. Russ was the co-founder and head of R&D at CA Technologies, which was acquired by Broadcom for 18.9 billion dollars in 2018. Prior to the Broadcom acquisition, CA was ranked as one of the largest independent software corporations in the world. The company creates systems software and applications software that run in mainframe, distributed computing, virtual machine, cloud computing environments, mobile devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). The company had been a provider of anti-virus and Internet security commercial software programs for personal computers. Today, it is primarily known for its business-to-business (B2B) software with a product portfolio focused on agile software development, DevOps and computer security software spanning across a wide range of environments such as mainframe, distributed computing, cloud computing and mobile devices. CA Technologies states that its computer software products are used by "a majority of the Fortune Global 500 companies, government organizations, educational institutions, and thousands of other companies in diverse industries worldwide." CA Technologies maintains offices in more than 40 countries and employs approximately 11,300 people. CA holds more than 1,500 patents worldwide,[8] and has more than 900 patent applications pending. It was headquartered on Long Island for most of its history, at first Jericho, NY and Garden City in Nassau County, then Suffolk County for 22 years in Islandia before moving to Manhattan in June 2014.

After their time at CA Technologies, Russ became the executive chairman and head of R&D at RingLead, Inc. RingLead is an enterprise software company that allows businesses to maximize the efficiency of their data. We offer the industry’s only unified data management platform that integrates seamlessly with Salesforce, Adobe, Oracle, and many other software companies. RingLead’s platform enables businesses to connect their sales and marketing databases into a unified, and complete record. RingLead breaks down business silos, providing businesses with a single source of truth from every angle, ultimately leading to more efficiency, more revenue, and improved data governance/compliance. Under Artzt, RingLead has transformed into a true enterprise software company, adding a variety of Fortune 500 clients, including Adobe, AstraZeneca, CBS, GE, Moody’s, NYSE, and Toyota, to its more than 700 customers.

Russ has been an advisor at PunchAlert since 2019.

Russ Artzt has a Bachelor's Degree from Queens College in Mathematics and Computer Science, a Master's Degree from New York University in Computer Science, and they attended Bronx High School of Science.