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Daniella Russo is a business executive whose experience includes executive management of high-tech startups from an initial investment phase through a successful IPO; general management within Fortune-100 companies; successful brand repositioning and brand management; and building vibrant online communities and membership programs.

In 2002 Ms. Russo founded PlanetStop, a network of services for people on the go. The network quickly grew into a well known resource for Internet services, geo-location services and tourist information in many popular tourist destinations, under proprietary brand names.

In 1999 Ms. Russo founded Mindzone, Inc.,  on the principle of the high-tech keiretsu as key for success in a crowded marketplace. Mindzone has helped many companies develop their brand, launch products and grow their businesses. Mindzone's areas of expertise include global marketing, brand development and management, as well as building and growing online communities.

Mindzone's client list includes PlanetStop, Phone.com, WAP Forum, Microsoft, WebTV, Sun Microsystems, AllBizDepot.com, Callidus Software, NetManage, Telera, YellowPages, Silicon Valley Visual Arts, Silicon Valley Open Studios, Sport of Motherhood, Artworks Magazine and many others.

Prior to Mindzone, Ms. Russo was a Senior Director, Marketing at Sun. She directed the company to solve a major challenge for the Internet growth and led the introduction of a portfolio of low-cost, high performance servers ready to handle the growth spurt of the Internet. Ms. Russo helped formulate Sun’s strategy for service providers and led Sun’s launch into Telecommunications. This became one of the major strategic thrusts for Sun.

Prior to Sun, Ms. Russo was a member of the executive team that launched Infoseek, one of the pioneers of the Internet. Ms. Russo led the marketing organization into an award-winning product design and a dramatic growth of its online community and was instrumental in Infoseek’s IPO.

Prior to Infoseek, Ms. Russo started a business based on a linguistic technology developed at Xerox-PARC. Ms. Russo led the product definition, secured large scare licensing arrangements with Oracle Corp. and launched the lexical technology business for X/Soft.

Prior to that, Ms. Russo has held a variety of executive positions with Frame Technology, Sun Microsystems and Rank Xerox Ltd. EEO
Ms. Russo studied marketing at the London School of Economics and Marketing of office automation systems at the Xerox Business School. Ms. Russo also holds a Masters degree in English Philology, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Ms. Russo has a passion for the arts and sponsors many emerging artists. She is the founder of MZGalleries, a division of Mindzone, dedicated to promoting personal enrichment and learning through visual art. Ms. Russo is a past President of the Board of Silicon Valley Visual Arts, a membership organization dedicated to connecting  artists and art lovers within the Bay Area. She is a Board Advisor to SVVA. She is also a past Executive Director or
Silicon Valley Open Studios, an annual event that draws thousands of artists and art lovers from South San Francisco to Monterey.

Ms. Russo currently serves as an Advisor to SVVA and Silicon Valley Open Studios.

 

 

 

 

 

 


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