Rick Russell
Vice President Of Design at WAVE
Huntersville, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolRick Russell is a seasoned technology and production leader with 16+ years designing and delivering audio, lighting, and video systems for multi-campus organizations and live events. As Vice President of Design at WAVE, he blends deep engineering roots—studies in jazz and computer science and early software/IT roles—with hands-on AV innovation, from live-stream infrastructures to custom Arduino and X-Keys controllers. He has a track record of turning complex ministry and enterprise needs into reliable, real-time systems (notably moving multi-site campuses to same-week streaming and building web moderation tools for live services). Equally comfortable leading teams and writing code, Rick enjoys building playback machines and learning new programming languages in his spare time, reflecting a maker’s mindset that informs both product design and operational resilience. Based in Huntersville, NC, he brings a rare cross-disciplinary fluency across IT, production, and creative leadership grounded in long-term client relationships.
16 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Mesa Community CollegeGithub contributions (1)
sugarcreek/communique
Apr 2010 - Feb 2011
Contributions:24 commits in 9 months
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