Chris Russell brings 20 years of experience leading key growth initiatives for information technology and web-based service companies. Chris has extensive experience in strategy, brand development, sales acceleration and service delivery. He has served as a senior executive and advisor to highly innovative and successful growth-stage companies, including WageWorks and ArcSight, and also launched Oracle Corporation's On Demand business. While at Oracle, Chris was division president of Business Online and senior vice president of Marketing for Industry Verticals, and served on the executive team that grew Oracle Consulting from 900 to 17,000 staff. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant at Booz Allen and a CPA at Ernst & Young.

As COO, Chris drives TRUSTe's growth initiatives through his leadership of product management, marketing, sales and client services. He's also helped attract the capital and talent to further the company's mission of enabling deeper levels of online trust. Under Chris's leadership, the company will extend into new online privacy sectors to provide Internet users and consumers a higher level of service and confidence.

Chris holds a BA in Accounting from the University of Washington and an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago.