Russ Southern

Russ Southern is a seasoned technology professional with extensive experience in site reliability engineering and DevOps management. Currently serving as the Director of Site Reliability Engineering at DRINKS since April 2022, Russ previously held the position of DevOps Manager at NAVIS from September 2020 to April 2022. Prior to that, Russ spent over seven years at Cisco, where the role included responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer/Lead. Early in the career, Russ worked at ValueClick Media as the Manager of Operations for Release and Integration Engineering Teams and at Direct Alliance as Team Lead and Integration Engineer. A strong background in managing release processes, quality assurance, SOX compliance, and post-production monitoring has equipped Russ with comprehensive skills in the technology industry.