Russell Barr

CEO

Grays, England, United Kingdom27 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in scaling SaaS operations.
  • Published author with a passion for storytelling.
  • Expertise in Digital Asset Management and team leadership.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with strong leadership in Digital Asset Management and software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technology ManagementGrowth StrategiesCreative WritingSoftware Development

Other Skills

People ManagementSoftware Project ManagementPersistenceSpellingThick SkinImaginationSoftwareDigital Asset ManagementBrand ManagementCloud ComputingE-commerceAgile MethodologiesScrumChange ManagementCustomer Success

About

As a leader in the tech and SaaS space I thrive on the challenges of growing businesses to reach their potential. A no nonsense and pragmatic approach to leadership that empowers teams and fosters collaboration and team work. I have led cross discipline teams ranging from sales, marketing, product and engineering. My own technical background allows me to understand the challenges of the tech industry and my customer focused approach enables me to ensure that delivering value to customers is always the number one priority. I have a passion for story telling, publishing my debut novel War Inc. in December 2025.

Experience

27 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 mo
Current Experience

Jetbrains

Country Manager, UK

May 2026Present · 1 mo · United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • Leading and building the UK presence for JetBrains, one of the world’s leading software development tooling companies and the creator of products including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Rider and Kotlin.
  • Responsible for establishing and scaling JetBrains’ UK operations, building a high-performing local team, increasing brand presence and supporting the company’s continued growth and investment in AI-driven developer technologies.
  • The role combines operational leadership, team building, organisational development and strategic growth, with a strong focus on creating a world-class environment capable of attracting exceptional talent and supporting the next phase of JetBrains’ expansion.
Technology ManagementPeople ManagementGrowth StrategiesSoftware Project Management

Scriptrunner

ScriptRunner General Manager

Oct 2022May 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Greater London

  • ScriptRunner is the market-leader when it comes to stretching Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket beyond their limits; for teams of any size, in any industry. Our must-have suite of super-apps provide new and unlimited possibilities for automation, customisation and integration, condensed into a simple, nimble toolkit. Automate boring, time-consuming or critical tasks to optimise day-to-day running and ensure that everyone sleeps easy.
  • Everywhere! A team of more than 135 work on ScriptRunner, right across the globe. As part of The Adaptavist Group, we have offices in London, Kuala Lumpur, Cape Town, Toronto, Madrid and many other locations, but with our work-from-anywhere policy, we've got folks all over covering functions from Engineering and Product Management to Education and Marketing.
SoftwarePeople ManagementGrowth StrategiesSoftware Development

Cloudinary

Managing Director, DAM

Dec 2019Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • My role at Cloudinary is to use my years of DAM expertise to help accelerate the technical and commercial development of the Cloudinary DAM product. Driving executional excellence and bringing direction to the DAM business by defining the strategy for the coming years. Responsibility for DAM P&L and for building and running a cross functional matrix team.

Brandmaster

Managing Director UK

Apr 2019Nov 2019 · 7 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • As Managing Director for BrandMaster in the UK my job was to bring BrandMasters DAM to the UK market. Historically focused on the Nordic region BrandMasters powerful brand management system will allow UK brand and marketing teams to take control of their brand, assets and creative processes in one easy to use tool.

Bynder

Managing Director UK & Ireland

Aug 2014Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 6 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • I started the UK office for Bynder in London back in 2014. Building the team and the recurring revenue from scratch. Involved myself in all aspects of the operation of the office from sales to implementation and customer success.
  • Proud to have built a very strong and happy client base over the years with exceptionally high retention rates and low churn. Also built a very dedicated and close knit team who have been instrumental in building the business in the UK.

North plains systems

Head of Professional Services

Dec 2012Aug 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Northplains acquired VYRE in 2012 and brought with it a strong tradition in DAM excellence, through the acquisition of a number of technologies Northplains goal was to become the dominant player in the DAM market.
  • The VYRE product at this time had evolved into an out of the box DAM called On Brand, which provided customers with a highly branded, turnkey DAM solution. On Brand joined the existing lineup of Northplains flagship Telescope tool and the Xinet platform that had also been acquired during 2012.
  • During my time with Northplains I continued to head up the professional services department for the On Brand DAM and Unify side of the business.

Russ barr - author

Struggling Author

Apr 2011Present · 15 yrs 2 mos · England, United Kingdom · Remote

  • Since around 2011 (the precise date has been lost in the fog of time) I embarked on the treacherous and foolhardy endeavour of trying to turn the crazy ideas that float around in my head into words on the page. And so began the quest to become an actual, legitimate, makes-money-out-of-his-hobby author.
  • So far I have had limited success. One novel and one short story published on Amazon and counting. Who knew writing books was so hard and that getting people to buy them was even harder. But I am nothing if not a trier.
PersistenceSpellingThick SkinImaginationCreative Writing

Vyre

3 roles

Head of Professional Services

Promoted

Sep 2010Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • I joined VYRE in 2010 as a Senior Consultant and was responsible for working with organisations to determine how VYRE's powerful web-based development platform Unify could best be used to bring process efficiencies to their businesses.
  • The majority if these solutions would provide bespoke Digital Asset Management solutions to creative and marketing teams and also for product departments. My work with organisations such as Virgin Holidays, Nokia, Nestle and Diageo involved specifying and implementing DAM systems that drastically improved process efficiencies and asset creation spend.
  • I stepped up to run the Professional Services team, up to 50 employees covering disciplines such as consultancy, project management, design and development. During this time I developed a passion for delivering excellent services to our clients and in building strong client relationships.

Head Consultant

Apr 2008Sep 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Senior Consultant

Apr 2007Apr 2008 · 1 yr

Condeco

Head of Development

May 2001Apr 2007 · 5 yrs 11 mos

  • Condeco is now a major player in the world of workplace management, when I worked for them the company was called RNM Systems and was at the forefront of boutique bespoke dynamic web application creation for major international corporations.
  • I joined RNM Systems initially as an ASP developer, my first project being to create a Digital Asset Management (DAM) System for the construction industry called Project Engine. Project Engine was sold to a number of business and allowed them to securely store and manage their project documents and files online.
  • Various other projects and roles followed, including becoming the Head of Development, where I oversaw the development department of up to 15 ASP and ASP.net developers. Finally I moved into project management and consultancy for the Condeco room booking system before moving on to new challenges

Gsk

Rapid Response Team Developer

Jul 1999Sep 2000 · 1 yr 2 mos · Stevenage, United Kingdom

  • As a Rapid Response Team Developer my role was to design and build small, tactical solutions for the GSK R&D division. At the time the main development resources of the R&D IT department were working on large scale strategic projects which meant the smaller projects were never undertaken. The Rapid Response Team was able to deliver these small projects quickly and efficiently, alleviating the strain on the main development team and delivering value to the business.

Ifpi

Information Technology Support Engineer

Sep 1996Aug 1998 · 1 yr 11 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • Trade organisation representing the international recorded music industry with more than 1,400 members in 66 countries and affiliated industry associations in 45 countries.
  • IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music in all markets where its members operate.

Education

University of Brighton

BA(hons) Computing & Information Systems

Jan 1998Jan 2001

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