Russ Hamm

Russ Hamm
Founder and President
Rainbow Broadband

"Russ Hamm founded Rainbow Broadband in 2004 with the vision of a new and highly advanced — yet easily implemented — broadband network for New York City. Hamm has more than 30 years experience with media technology, recording top musical artists, producing sound for films and developing leading-edge technology solutions.

Before starting Rainbow Broadband, Hamm founded Qmedia, a milestone provider that leveraged broadband opportunities for media customers using the newly built national fiber infrastructure, establishing network technology that is currently used by ABC, CBS, NBC, ESPN and FOX. Prior to that, he collaborated with Bell Labs on large-scale digital systems for music and film, and was president of Gotham Audio Corporation and G Prime Limited, a leading distributor of professional audio products.

Hamm has led media industry engineering and technical organizations and twice received the Audio Engineering Society Board of Governors award for outstanding service. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, Recording Academy, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers."