Russell Patterson

Russ Patterson

Career

EXPERIENCE

  • 2024 2022

    President & Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer

    MAXSOLD INC.

    Series B local auction marketplace for estate sales and downsizing.

    Reduced OpEx by better than 50% while holding year over year revenue at $13.5M. Successfully carried the business through a restructuring and sale process.

  • 2022 2020

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

    HALTERIX CORPORATION

    AI-driven B2B MedTech startup delivering personalized exercise performance tracking solutions.

    Raised $235k in pre-seed funding and secured $1M in research grants. Formed strategic academic, healthcare, and insurance industry partnerships.

  • 2020 2018

    Chief Executive Officer

    SPACEFY INC.

    Online space rentals marketplace.  

    Completed a $1.4M private placement underwritten by Leede Jones. Doubled available rental inventory in one year while increasing bookings by 80%.

  • 2018 2017

    Co-Founder, VP & CPO / CTO

    HOME EXPERIENCE LLC o/a HOMEX

    Led founding technical strategy. Key collaborator for founding business strategy. Built and scaled Toronto-based product and engineering team

  • 2017 2002

    Country Co-Manager
    COO & Director of Product
    Head of Product
    Sr. Product Manager

    EBAY CANADA LTD / EBAY INC.

    Iconic online auction and shopping platform.

    As a P&L owner, delivered new programs and product experience improvements to better meet the needs of Canadian buyers and sellers, increasing Gross Merchandise Bought from $600M to $1.1B+. Owned key buyer flows across eBay platforms and shipped hundreds of successful projects. Led cross-functional teams to align strategy and execution, achieving sustainable growth.

Other earlier experience includes product roles in startups and financial services.

EDUCATION

  • FILM PRODUCTION

    Bachelor of Applied Arts (incomplete)

    Toronto Metropolitan University

  • BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

    Bachelor of Arts (incomplete)

    York University

BUSINESS IMPACT

MAXSOLD OPERATING RATIO IMPROVEMENT
(ONE YEAR)

31%

EBAY Record-setting overnight GMB lift
(single product change)

18%

SPACEFY BOOKINGS GROWTH
(1 YEAR)

80%

LEADERSHIP

EBAY CANADA UPWARD FEEDBACK
(10 years)

100%

EBAY CANADA EMPLOYEE RETENTION
(10 years)

100%

EBAY CANADA EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
(company leading)

90%