It is a marketing services provider that comprises Salmat Digital, Lasoo, and Targeted Media Solutions (the original catalogue distribution business). One more stop at Salmat as Executive General Manager, Technology and Delivery - a divisional CIO role in its Consumer Marketing Solutions division. Its digital media business was a high growth one that was significantly transformed over an 18-month period,” he said. The significant properties included, ,, and. “I then went to Channel 10 as Head of Technology - Digital Media where our team built for the web, mobile apps and internet-connected devices with a big focus on video. Then as CIO, I became responsible for all technology strategy, software development, infrastructure, project management and vendor management, and we began the process of modernising the technology stacks,” he said. “It was a great time to be in the ‘internet’ centred initially on and, followed later by the launch of and across the web, mobile, and video. “There was a massive evolution at Fairfax – life was very fast paced as we learned what worked and what didn’t,” he said. What followed was a couple of years at CeeData working on its practice management software, before landing at Fairfax Digital where he progressed from Technology Director: News, Information, and Entertainment to Chief Information Officer – from 2000 to 2009. He started his working life as a software developer in 1994 at Macquarie Bank. He is a graduate of the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons 1) and what he calls a mini-MBA Business Management Certificate from the Australian Institute of Management. As he was reasonably new to Yahoo7 and still learning the ‘ins and outs’ we agreed to meet in a few weeks, and he could explain what it does.īut first a little of Russell’ background and how it qualified him for this career path. I met him at a mobile developer’s event in January. Russell has been with Yahoo7 since August last year. Paul Russell is Director of Technology of Yahoo7 – a 50/50 joint venture between Yahoo and Seven West Media (Channel 7).
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