Russell Ruben

Russell Ruben is director of the automotive and emerging segment marketing at Western Digital. Previously, Russell was Western Digital’s Surveillance and Connected Home marketing director, and prior to that was responsible for the automotive business in Korea and Japan.

Before his arrival at Western Digital, Russell worked at Microsemi Corp. and Altera Corp. (now Intel), and has more than 25 years of experience in engineering, marketing, and sales. While at SanDisk, he served as product marketing manager, where he was responsible for SD cards, compact flash, and custom OEM flash products.

Russell received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah and a Master of International Marketing from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.