Russ was first introduced to computer programming at the age of 10, and he has been a student of computer science ever since. A native of southern Utah, Russ graduated from Pine View High School in 1995. He moved to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in Computer Science in 2001. He worked as a software engineer in the Boston area before moving to England, where he received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge in 2007.

Russ lives in Diamond Valley with his wife, Nancy, and their two daughters.

Dixie State College -- Courses Russ Teaches Computer Science CS 1400: Fundamentals of Programming -- Introduction to computer programming. CS 1410: Object Oriented Programming -- Programming with objects. CS 2810: Computer Organization and Architecture -- How a computer works, from transisters and gates to assembly language. CS 3400: Operating Systems -- Design and implementation of operating systems. CS 3520: Programming Languages -- Programming methodologies in different languages. CS 3530: Computational Theory -- Theory of programming, computability, and complexity. Information Technology IT 2400: Introduction to Networking -- Understanding computer networks, with emphasis on the internet. IT 3200: Perl Programming -- Using the Perl programming language for system administration and network applications. Visual Technologies VT 4010: Interactive Web Development -- Using Javascript and AJAX for interactive web applications.