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About
Russ Wakelin is an Operating Advisor at JMI Equity, where he focuses on product leadership for the firm's portfolio companies. He has more than 30 years of experience in B2B SaaS, spanning industries such as utilities, municipal and state government, submarine maintenance for the U.S. Navy, and healthcare HR and compensation. His leadership roles have covered software engineering, product management, client experience, and M&A evaluation, including product positions at HealthcareSource and Payfactors.
Experience
- JMI EquityOperating Advisorcurrent2025 — presentGreater Boston
- WTWRDI Head of Global Product Development2023 — 2025Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- PayscaleChief Product Officer2022 — 2023Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- PayscaleChief Experience Officer (Cont'd post Payscale/Payfactors merger)2021 — 2022Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
- PayfactorsChief Experience Officer2019 — 2021Burlington, MA
- PayfactorsVice President Of Product Management2018 — 2019Burlington, MA
- HealthcareSourceVice President of Product Management2010 — 2018Woburn, MA
- Greenfield OnlineDSS Lead Engineer2005 — 2010
- PROSOFTReporting Project Lead2003 — 2005
- Retail & Real Estate IndustryIndependent IT Consultant2002 — 2003
- Nexus Energy SoftwareSenior Software Engineer2001 — 2002
- Energy/Utility IndustryIndependent Consultant2000 — 2001
- Providence Energy ServicesIS Manager1998 — 2000
- Reed Consulting GroupSenior Technical Consultant1996 — 1998
- Atlantic TurnkeySenior Software Engineer1991 — 1996
Skills & more
Product EvangelismBusiness Intelligence20Agile Methodologies12CRM6Scrum4ETL5Microsoft Reporting Service3Software Documentation4Requirements Analysis4Architecture3Software Development4Reporting Systems2
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Project ManagementSoftware Project ManagementDatabase DesignE-commerceSDLCProgram ManagementProduct ManagementLean Software DevelopmentMicrosoft SQL ServerDatabasesXMLASP.NET- Microsoft Certified Professional — Microsoft
- Certified ScrumMaster — ScrumAlliance
From Russ's professional profile.
Colleagues at JMI Equity
AJ Hull
Associate at JMI Equity
Alex Giummo
Associate at JMI Equity
Alex Raines
Senior Associate at JMI Equity
Alexandra Filipova
Analyst at JMI Equity
Alexandra Noack
Executive Assistant at Whitecap Venture Partners
Alia Piccinni
Analyst at JMI Equity
Anastasiya Pasheyeva
Vice President at JMI Equity
Andrew Mosawi
Operating Advisor at JMI Equity
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Russ Wakelin?
- Russ Wakelin is an Operating Advisor at JMI Equity, where he focuses on product leadership for the firm's portfolio companies. He has more than 30 years of experience in B2B SaaS, spanning industries such as utilities, municipal and state government, submarine maintenance for the U.S. Navy, and healthcare HR and compensation. His leadership roles have covered software engineering, product management, client experience, and M&A evaluation, including product positions at HealthcareSource and Payfactors.
- Where does Russ Wakelin work?
- Russ Wakelin is Operating Advisor at JMI Equity.
- Where did Russ Wakelin go to school?
- Russ Wakelin studied at Virginia Tech College of Engineering (Aerospace and Ocean Engineering).
Same school
Also attended Virginia Tech College of Engineering5
Shared employers
Also worked at WTW99
Sapna MehtaInvestor at RevolutionBrian LimPartner at Pantheon VenturesThijs DijkmanGeneral Partner at PeakRuss NashInvestment Committee at Suncoast VenturesLena-Lou Simon-VirolleAI Implementation & Systems Lead at Fuel VenturesJulia KeeneAssociate at CVS Health Ventures
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Also worked at Payscale16
Barnaby DorfmanCTO-in-Residence at Mainsail PartnersRyan HinkleManaging Director at Insight PartnersPatricia NakacheGeneral Partner at Trinity VenturesJoe GiordanoVenture Partner at Bloccelerate VCMarc BrownPartner and Global Head, EQT Growth Equity at Venture Guides Management, L.P.Katie BullardManaging Director at Insight Partners
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