Russell Schmidt

Russell Schmidt has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Russell is currently employed at InCharge Energy as the Director of Digital Products, a position they started in October 2022. Prior to this, Russell worked at EVgo where they served as a Product Owner from October 2019 to February 2022. Russell also gained valuable experience at Synacor, where they worked as a Product Manager and later as a Product Management Intern from September 2018 to October 2019. Before that, they had their own business as a Web Developer & Consultant from 2015 to 2018, working on website projects for private clients. Russell has also worked as a Developer at Climate Cents from February 2016 to December 2017, and at GameTree from June 2016 to October 2016, where they focused on web development and testing. In addition, they have held leadership positions, including CEO of Extenda Communications from November 2005 to February 2015, and Senior Analyst at Beecher Investors, Inc from September 2001 to October 2005. Russell started their professional journey as a Summer Analyst at the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation in 2000.

Russell Schmidt has a diverse education history. Russell obtained an AB degree in Economics from Harvard University, although the specific start and end years for this degree are not provided.

From 2017 to 2019, Russell attended the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, where they earned a Master of Science (MS) degree in Integrated Design, Business, & Technology.

In addition to these formal degrees, Russell also pursued further education through various certification programs. Russell completed a Software Engineer program at Bloc.io and obtained a Certificate in iOS (Swift) Development from General Assembly. Russell also earned a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program (GS10KSB). Furthermore, they attained a Certificate in Digital Marketing and completed an Introduction to Rails program from General Assembly.

Russell also holds several additional certifications. Russell obtained an edX Verified Certificate for Exploring GraphQL: A Query Language for APIs from edX in July 2022. In November 2020, they completed the Teamwork Foundations program offered by LinkedIn. Additionally, they received certifications in One Month Payment Processing from One Month and Mitel Sales Professional. The obtained months and years for the latter certifications are not provided. Finally, Russell holds certifications in Shaping up with Angular.js from Code School and Zultys Certified Sales Professional from Zultys, Inc., but specific dates for obtaining these certificates are not available.