Russell Banzon

Russell Banzon currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Cresta, an AI platform for contact centers, while also advising Sendoso, the first sending platform, and directing marketing and business operations at The Company Dance, an innovative hip hop dance team. Previously, Russell held key marketing roles at Gong, significantly contributing to its growth from under $10M to hundreds of millions in ARR and managing multiple successful demand generation functions. With advisory experience at Catalyst Software and a customer advisory board member role at LinkedIn, Russell's expertise extends to leadership in organizations like Pavilion, a network for top growth operators. Russell's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Economics with a Financial Concentration from the University of San Francisco and executive education in Entrepreneurship from the University of San Francisco School of Management.