Summary
Russ Mcguire is a data center operations leader with over a decade of hands-on experience managing 24x7 infrastructure, teams, and vendor relationships at IBM. He progressed from server build technician to DC Ops New Product and Services Manager, hiring and coaching teams of 30+, standing up international sites, and leading compliance efforts (SOC, PCI). Known for pragmatic problem-solving and process improvement, he blends hardware and Linux/Windows troubleshooting knowledge with capacity planning and operational metrics. Russ excels under pressure, focusing on customer experience and measurable operational integrity, and he actively builds training programs to scale team capability. A detail-oriented operator, he enjoys tackling the hardest outages and translating those lessons into repeatable, resilient practices.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Associate’s Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Associate’s Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at ITT Technical Institute-Seattle