Russell Tom is regional director – Cargo Marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle. As regional director, Russell currently researches air cargo industry issues and supports the regional sales teams, with specific responsibility for serving the express carriers, the Africa region and the Latin America region. He is a contributor to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast.

Russell has been with The Boeing Company since 1982. He was an FAA Designated Engineering Representative and has held positions in customer engineering, aerodynamics and flight controls.

He holds a bachelor of science in mechanical and aeronautical engineering from the University of California, Davis, a master of science in aeronautics and astronautics from the University of Washington and an MBA from Seattle University.