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Our Team

Chris Russell

Co-Founder

Chris is a co-founder of Project77 and leads the firm’s AI-readiness practice, helping organizations turn messy data, manual reporting, and unclear workflows into AI-ready decision systems. As a seasoned strategy and data analytics consultant, he guides organizations to breakthrough results with a data-informed approach that integrates change management, agile development, improvement science, and innovative design. His expertise is underpinned by a rich history of analyzing complex datasets and crafting strategic initiatives across a diverse range of industries, including sports analytics, e-commerce, life sciences, education, and the non-profit sector. Most recently he has supported generative AI implementations from strategy through adoption.  He holds an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School and a BA in the Science in Society Program from Wesleyan University.

Enrique Parada

Co-Founder

Enrique specializes in advanced data analytics, machine learning, financial analysis, and accounting. He understands the importance of high powered organizations using data to inform decision making. Enrique was a former private equity associate at J.P. Morgan and The Carlyle Group, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He graduated with his MBA from Columbia Business School and his BS in Finance and Statistics from NYU Stern School of Business.