Jeff Russakow is a highly accomplished business leader with a wide range of professional experience in software, hardware, and internet/digital media industries, as well as emerging industries such as robotics, autonomous vehicles and systems, transportation/mobility/smart cities, industrial tech, manufacturing tech, IOT, AI/ML, space tech, and ESG. With a PhD in robotics, autonomous systems, IOT, AI/ML, manufacturing and industrial tech from Stanford University, Russakow has over 25 years of experience as a senior executive at four Fortune 500 companies including SAP, Adobe, Symantec, and Yahoo!. Moreover, he has held roles as a CEO for three high-growth companies, namely Boosted, Gimbal, and Findly. Russakow has also been an operating partner in Growth Equity/Private Equity for Symphony Technology Group, providing strong involvement in both deal origination and portfolio management. His experience extends to his involvement with B2B SaaS companies as well as growth companies and investors in autonomous vehicles, transportation, industrial tech, manufacturing tech, space tech, and ag tech.