Russell L. Agrusa, MS
Founder, President and CEO, ICONICS, Inc. (Retired)
Co-chair, Departmental Advisory Board
Russell L. Agrusa, BS ’76, founded ICONICS, Inc., a leading international software development company, based in Foxboro, MA, specializing in real time data acquisition, visualization and control using IoT and the hybrid cloud. ICONICS customers projects span a wide area of manufacturing, industrial and smart building applications.
With over 375,000 installations, many customers around the world depend on ICONICS solutions, including Microsoft, Amazon Logistics, The Pentagon, Disney, GM, BMW, Audi, Blue Origin, NASA, Continental Tire, Chevron, OXY, Exxon, San Francisco and NYC LaGuardia Airports as well as many others.
Agrusa holds 10 Patents and has a BS in Electrical Engineering. ICONICS has won numerous software development and application awards and is a 7-time Microsoft Partner of the Year winner. ICONICS is now part of the Mitsubishi Electric family of companies based in Tokyo, Japan.
He started his career at Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Agrusa earned a BS in electrical engineering from the University at Buffalo and has done graduate work in computer science at Boston University.
Education
- MS, Computer Science, Boston University,
- BS, Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 1976