Russ Wright

About Russ Wright

I’m a SaaS founder and automation strategist building AI-powered platforms that solve high-friction problems in sales, lending, and operations. After 30+ years leading sales and marketing in fintech, mortgage, and energy — including multiple national-scale team builds and startup exits — I now focus full-time on developing intelligent, lean SaaS systems that scale with precision.As founder of VisionAIry, I’ve launched two vertical SaaS platforms:ListingLinkAI – an AI-powered lead capture and buyer profiling system for real estate professionals, built on QR/tap-link tech and FullContact enrichmentOriginator Intel – a lender-branded refinance prospecting platform with automated outreach, PDF analysis, lead scoring, and loan officer dashboardsI’m currently developing six additional platforms across domains like tax automation, compliance-safe content generation, agentic AI coaching, personal AI assistants, and lead scoring overlays for financial advisors and originators.My stack includes n8n, OpenAI, Pinecone, Tally, Bannerbear, PDFMonkey, Airtable, FullContact, and Mailgun, all orchestrated into seamless, high-conversion workflows. These tools power:AI coaching & planning agents with vector memory (Pinecone)Low-code automation for marketing, lead intake, admin ops, and CRM syncsDynamic document generation (compliance-ready reports, branded PDFs)Smart outreach flows with contact enrichment, scoring, and trackingMy goal: to build fast, resilient SaaS platforms that deliver measurable ROI from day one — not just automation for automation’s sake, but strategic tools that unlock leverage.

Experience

1. Principal

   Visionairy Success Engineering

   Sep 2023 — Present · Bend, OR, US

   I lead product development and platform strategy at VisionAIry, an AI SaaS venture studio building automation-first platforms across mortgage, real estate, tax, coaching, and professional services. We focus on elegant, low-code systems that deliver high-leverage outcomes with minimal operational complexity.Key Achievements:🟢 Launched 2 AI-powered SaaS platforms:ListingLinkAI – Realtor and lender lead-gen platform with QR/tap-based AI chat, buyer profiling, and User data enrichment.Originator Intel – Refi lead scoring + dynamic outreach and follow-up engine for Non-QM loan officers with branded dashboards and campaign automation. Leading development of a mortgage SaaS platform (launching July 25) hosted on Google Cloud Services, designed to connect Non-QM lenders with loan officers via an AI-driven program search and matching system — optimizing product fit, response speed, and deal flow intelligence in real time🧪 Incubating 6 additional platforms, including:AI-guided tax automation with document parsing and referral logicAgentic daily coaching tools with Pinecone memory + RAG-based planningPersonal AI assistants with persistent insights and task memoryCompliance-safe content generation pipelines for regulated industriesLead scoring overlays for financial advisors and originators Architected all automation workflows using:n8n (automation engine)OpenAI (LLM + embeddings)Pinecone (vector memory)Tally, Airtable, GCS, Mailgun, and FullContact integrations🧠 Developed AI memory + reasoning systems for coaching and lead scoring🧭 Direct all UX, platform strategy, investor readiness, and go-to-market executionMy work at VisionAIry centers on building AI-native SaaS tools that combine automation, insight, and personalization — giving independent professionals the kind of leverage once reserved for large enterprises.

Education

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  Business Admin

  1985 — 1986

• Crowder College

  Business Administration, Music

  1981 — 1982

Skills

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• P&L Management
• Strategy
• Energy Conservation
• Banking
• Solar Energy
• Sustainable Energy
• Solar
• Management
• Construction
• Salesforce.com
• Sustainable Business
• Cleantech
• Business Development
• Loan Origination
• Sales
• Project Finance
• Energy Efficiency
• Solar Thermal
• Crm
• Energy Policy
• Sales Process Implementation
• Epc
• Biomass
• Solar Pv
• Energy Audits
• Energy Management
• Energy
• Procurement
• Sustainability
• Credit
• Financial Modeling
• Sales Process Development
• Contract Negotiation
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Smart Grid
• Power Generation
• Leadership