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Russ Smith grew up in a suburb
of St. Paul, Minnesota where he met his wife Judy of 29 years. Russ and Judy have three children Nick, Chad and Seena. In
1981 Russ signed as a free agent with the Minnesota Vikings.
Russ has over
25 years of experience as an accomplished Senior Operations Executive and entrepreneur with a successful history of building
and achieving operational performance improvements.
Russ
has been a corporate officer with Travelocity.com, Vertical Alliance and Ticketmaster and played a key role in developing
and implementing business strategies. Russ is currently an executive with TeleTech responsible for providing world class service
for strategic Global 1000 customers in the Business Process Outsourcing industry.
Russ was the co-founder of Video Update a movie
rental retail chain. Russ was instrumental in developing and implementing a business plan that grew Video Update into
a 50 store national franchise chain. Russ has been involved as an entrepreneur in the restaurant, night club and commercial
development sectors.
Russ currently worked with his wife Judy to launch her new business venture Scratch n Sniff Pet Sitting a business focused on offering a variety of pet care options including companionship
within the client’s pet’s home environment and comfort zone and offering pet products.
Russ also has an equity position in The Law Offices of Nicholas R. Smith a law firm focused on providing legal services in the areas of Criminal
Law, Family Law, Estate Planning and Business law.
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