Russ Plain is an accomplished executive with a talent for driving revenue and market share in the high-tech industry. With extensive experience in commercial and government markets, Russ is a strategic planner with a reputation for innovative thinking and thought leadership. His analytical, intuitive, and confident approach to business development and sales has resulted in many successful ventures, and he has a proven track record of bringing emerging technologies to market.

Russ began his career at Ernst & Young, LLP, where he gained invaluable experience as a senior manager. From there, he went on to take positions of increasing responsibility at Kabira Technologies, Latitude Communications, CDWG, OpenText, and Kyndi, where he was head of services. In his current role as Senior Business Development/Sales Executive for the Public Sector at Visionary Integration Professionals (VIP), Russ continues to bring his expertise in unified collaboration solutions, pre-sales, and product sales to bear in driving success for his clients.