Adam Russell is a highly regarded expert in cybersecurity who has more than 20 years of professional experience in the industry. He serves as the Vice President of Cloud Security at Oracle where he leads the security efforts for the company's next-generation solutions for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Industries. Adam is responsible for safeguarding the company's enterprise, cloud infrastructure, and the applications used by Oracle’s customers.

Adam's background includes working as a technical intelligence officer and security researcher for the US government. He is also an occasional professor and lecturer at the University of Portland. Adam received his MS in Computer Science from the Naval Postgraduate School and his BS in Computer Science from the University of Portland