Brian Russell | Chief Executive Officer
DaVinci Partners Consulting

Brian Russell is a fintech executive with a 30+ year track record of delivering trusted innovation to his financial services customers.  He is currently a Strategic Advisor to fintechs with a focus on Authentication and Digital Identity.  Most recently he was SVP, Head of Enterprise Platform, Identity Management and Authentication at U. S. Bank where he was responsible for the vision, strategic direction and leadership of the company-wide build out of these core capabilities.  He defined the roadmap, target state architecture and OKR’s for enterprise Identity, KYC and Authentication capabilities and his role spanned all lines of business and all channels including Digital Mobile and Web, IVR Call Center, Branch and ATM. His team delivered new technology and data partnerships that solved key pain points and lowered fraud while reducing CX friction. He has been a Board Advisor for red violet, a data analytics and identity intelligence leader and Princeton Identity, the identity management company powered by frictionless multimodal biometrics. Previously he was SVP, Head of Identity Management Capabilities at Wells Fargo and a key member of the Wells Fargo Virtual Capabilities leadership team that drove the firm-wide digital transformation for identity management and customer authentication.  He led a cross functional team of 30+ who defined the strategy, build and managed microservices platform that provides low friction identity proofing while delivering outstanding CX for consumers and Small Business. Previously Brian was the Executive Director, Identity Verification Strategy at JPMorgan Chase where he architected the IDV platform strategy and was responsible for managing the SaaS service and roadmap for the entire firm.  Mr. Russell was on the Executive team at G+D Mobile Security where he built a profitable $100MM payments and identity business.  He has also worked at MasterCard Worldwide, Catalina Marketing, and Dun & Bradstreet.  Mr. Russell earned a BA from Colby College in Waterville Maine and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  He presently resides in Great Falls Virginia and New York with his wife while constantly spending time with his three adult daughters.