Russ Blair
President at Brantas Performance Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolRuss Blair is a seasoned software entrepreneur and technologist with nearly three decades leading custom business application development from Toronto. As founder and president of Carus Business Solutions and CTO at Brantas Performance, he combines hands-on systems design with team leadership to deliver tailored automation and process re‑engineering for business clients. His career spans senior consulting and engineering roles since the mid-1980s, giving him deep experience in WAN design, project management, and presales alongside software delivery. Known for translating complex operational needs into pragmatic, maintainable solutions, he bridges technical detail and client-facing strategy. An unusual facet of his background is formal training in acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, reflecting a long-standing interest in structured problem solving outside tech. He brings entrepreneurial grit, technical breadth, and a client-centered approach to building business-critical software.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma of Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Diploma of Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine at O.A.A.T.C.M. & Shanghai Medical University
Github Skills (25)
timesheet10
tizen10
maui10
uwp10
xamarin10
dotnet10
asp-net-mvc10
winforms10
asp-net-core10
entity-framework-core10
netstandard10
windows-forms10
blazor10
asp-net10
csla10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
russblair/csla
Jun 2020 - Mar 2025
A home for your business logic in any .NET application.
Contributions:58 pushes, 27 branches in 4 years 9 months
winformsdotnetnet-frameworkbusiness-logicsyncfusion
russblair/cslacontrib
Jan 2023 - Jun 2024
CSLA .NET public contribution project
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
dotnetcsharpcslacsla-net
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