Russ Watt

Russ Watt is a skilled technical manager with a proven track record of delivering technical solutions that meet customer needs. His expertise lies in reliability, test, and design validation, and he has experience creating a high-performance culture with clear expectations, accountability, and open communication. Watt is a self-starter and has a high expectation of those around him. He has previously worked as the Director of Reliability and Test Engineering at Nike, as the CEO and Co-Founder of Hawthorne Materials Corp, and as Principal Test and Reliability Manager, Technical Team Lead, Head Test Engineer, Staff Engineer at Xerox, and Design Engineer at Molex. He has hands-on experience with FEA, FMEA, DOE, SPC to develop world-class products and solve critical problems. He has also used Lean Six Sigma and Shainin Structured Problem Solving techniques and tools in various situations. He is particularly skilled at attracting, motivating and leading teams to achieve organizational goals, and has a deep-seated commitment to growing the abilities of his team members to meet business objectives.