Russ Kumar
Login to view DISC.Russ Kumar is the COO of Recruiting at The D. E. Shaw Group, with extensive experience transforming global talent acquisition functions at firms like Citi, Bloomberg, and AlixPartners. Described by colleagues as resourceful and strategic, he holds a PMP certification and earned his Bachelor of Arts from The Johns Hopkins University.
Outside of his corporate roles, Russ is passionate about mentorship and creating a positive community impact, demonstrated through his partnership with Goldman Sachs to mentor a small business. He believes in respecting differences to build unified teams and bridging generational gaps in the workplace by focusing on shared similarities.
He once led a global recruitment transformation at Citi that resulted in a 20% operational run rate reduction across 100 countries.
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