Russ Schafer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Award-winning executive with honors including the Intel Achievement Award, IBM Golden Circle, and a TV Academy Engineering Emmy.
Executive Vice President of Marketing at Fortinet, leading corporate marketing functions.
Led global marketing and partnerships for Cloud Security SaaS, driving demand generation and partner growth.
As GM & SVP of Technology at THX, built new video and audio intellectual property and software licensing businesses with full P&L ownership.
Contributed to scaling Adap.tv's advertising platform to over $150M revenue, leading to its $405M acquisition by AOL.
Directed marketing for the Emmy® winning TV SaaS platform and Yahoo Mail (250M users, $500M ad revenue) at Yahoo!.

Biography

Russ Schafer is an award-winning executive recognized for his expertise in scaling B2B and B2C businesses across both startups and global enterprises. His career highlights include leadership roles at Fortinet, Check Point, IBM, Intel, Yahoo!, and THX. He has been honored with awards such as the Intel Achievement Award, the IBM Golden Circle, and a TV Academy Engineering Emmy.