Russ Mann is chief executive officer and founder of Covario- the 2011 Search Agency of the Year.   Covario helps large companies rank higher and maximize their marketing on Google, Bing, Baidu, Facebook, Twitter and many other major digital media publishers.

Under Russ’ leadership, Covario has grown a high-performance team of over 150 members globally, with offices in San Diego, Chicago, London, Tokyo and Beijing.  Covario’s client portfolio includes more than seventy Fortune 500® and Internet 1000 advertisers representing over 1,000 brands and websites, including Intel, P&G, Bank of America, T-Mobile, Cabela’s and many others. With such a great team and clients, the company has won every award and accolade in digital marketing from organizations such as Forrester, AdAge, ad:tech, Gartner & 1to1 Media, Interactive Advertising Bureau, Search Engine Strategies and Search Engine Watch.

Covario has been listed in the top 25 mid-sized places to work in San Diego, and Russ was named San Diego Business Journal’s 2011 Most Admired CEO in the mid-sized company category.  He was also San Diego’s 2010 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in the Emerging Business category.    He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997 and a BA in Asian Studies from Cornell University in 1990.