Russell J. Schmidt

Russ has spent his entire professional career in the business of financial management. For twenty-two years, he was a Senior V.P. and Chief Financial Officer of a large U.S. food processing company with international sales. With the Senior Management Team and Russ directing the company's financial arrangements, the company had major growth during that period.

He retired from his position as Chief Financial Officer in 2008, leaving a financially secure business, and he continues to serve on their Board of Directors.

Russ is also a dedicated family man. He has been married to his college sweetheart for 42 years, has three adult children and their spouses, and seven young grandchildren.

Russ has a long history of helping people understand financial issues with simple examples. Many readers have said he has the ability to simplify the complex - to make what seems complicated, easy to understand for everyone. One example of this is how he simply shows the connection to personal financial security in any type of economy.

Russ has a passion to help people help themselves, especially in the area of personal finance and the connection to the causes of economic turmoil. He has been writing articles explaining different financial and economic situations for fifteen years.