Russell was named chief cloud officer in July 2024. He previously served as senior vice president, Cloud Strategy & Operations, and as vice president of Cloud Strategy & Operations from 2021 to 2024. Russell is responsible for defining best practices for cloud development, operations, and deployment to achieve the full value of Tyler’s cloud initiative for both Tyler and its clients. Russell joined Tyler in 2018 as vice president, Development, for its Public Safety Division and was instrumental in driving public safety product innovation. Prior to joining Tyler, Russell was vice president of Engineering at Benefitfocus and vice president, Public Sector Development, at Infor. Russell holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Salem State University and a master’s degree in computer software engineering from California State University in Sacramento.