Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the COO Alliance and brought to

you by its founder, Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast,

we talked to top COOs who share the insights,

strategies and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Herald.

Yesterday's COO Alliance member and the C.O. of Timber Lane, Russ Anderson.

Russ was originally the VP of sales for Timber Lane from May 2009 until September 2021,

when he was promoted to the CEO of the company.

Prior to that Russ was the principal to Nolan Anderson Homes, a real estate company

from 2004 to 2008. There he led the charge in purchasing single family properties for rehab and resale as well as multi-family properties to create his rental portfolio.

Russ is motivated, experienced and results oriented with an established success in leadership, operations, sales, and coaching.

Rush considers himself a natural servant leader, equally adept at leading from the front to teach, motivate, and inspire.

Rush enjoys spending time with his wife, Lisa,

his wife of 32 years, and their dogs, Miles Gracie,

he also enjoys traveling, boxing, and reading.

Russ, welcome to the Second Command podcast. Cameron, thanks very much for having me.

I didn't know you were into boxing.

That's kind of random.

Pretty cool.

Well, into boxing, you're getting beat up in two different things.

It's just a classier way of, you know, it's a way of getting rid of pen up frustration.

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