Brooks Russell

Overview

Founder of Radix Pay (developer tooling). 15 years of building before that. Took Radix Pay from zero to $10 million ARR. Before that: Goldman Sachs and Starbucks. Most at home with community and developer tools.

Replies on weekends

Experience

1. Co-founder & COO

   Nov 2023 - Present
   Radix Pay · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
   • Signed 196 paying customers, 3 of them enterprises.
   • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
   • Grew the team to 81 people across 5 countries.
2. Senior Product Manager

   May 2021 - Nov 2023
   Goldman Sachs · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
   • Ran 172 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
3. Group Product Manager

   Oct 2017 - Mar 2021
   Starbucks · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
   • Took creator activation from 34% to 38% in three quarters.
4. Product Manager

   Mar 2015 - Oct 2017
   UnitedHealth Group · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
   • Took creator activation from 20% to 49% in three quarters.
5. Senior Product Manager

   Dec 2011 - Mar 2015
   Spotify · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Philadelphia, PA
   • Ran 125 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

Projects

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Education

1. Rice University

   BA, Engineering
   2006 - 2010