"brilliant team he had put together"

"Russ is one of the greatest problem solvers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. His tenacity and ability to challenge the status quo for approaching a technological problem is one of his greatest strengths. Simply put, he has helped me out a bunch of times when my projects were in a bind and I honestly can attribute the successful launches of a couple of my products to him and the brilliant team he had put together at Verizon Digital Media Services."