Russell Long

Russell Long's work experience starts in 2003 as the CIO at HTKU, Inc. In 2004, they founded and became the CEO of The Rascal Group, Inc., which was later sold to eSchool Solutions. At eSchool Solutions, they served as the VP of Professional Services from 2007 to 2009. Russell then joined Excent (GET) as the COO, which was eventually acquired by Frontline. From 2010 to 2013, they worked at GlobalScholar, first as the VP of Professional Services and later as the Vice President of Portfolio Planning and Strategy. After that, they co-founded Authentica Solutions in 2013 and served as the CEO/Founder until its acquisition by BrightBytes in 2017. At BrightBytes, they held the position of Chief Product/Data Officer until DataSense was acquired by Microsoft. Russell then joined Microsoft in 2019 as the Global Customer Success Team Lead. In 2022, they co-founded and became the Member Board Chair at Authentica Solutions. Finally, in 2023, they took on the role of Chief Executive Officer at Authentica Solutions.

Russell Long's education history includes a Bachelor of Science degree in History and Biology from Dallas Baptist University.