Joseph Russo 👋 ABOUT ME * 💻 Tech Entrepreneur with the Mission to Build a Better World through Technology and Innovation. * 🔑 Professional Strengths (via Gallup) are Achiever | Arranger | Strategic | Significance | Focus * 📍 Based in South Florida and love traveling for work or life. 👨💼 MY BIO Joe is a tech entrepreneur with the Mission to Build a Better World through Technology and Innovation. He joined RapidSOS in 2024, bringing AI to 911 - shortening public safety response times and saving lives. In 2021, he founded Emergency App to build technology to save lives in natural disasters and serve first responders. In 2015, he founded South Florida Tech Hub, a nonprofit tech industry association. Since its founding as the Palm Beach Tech Association, Joe led the organization to attract over 200 corporate members and over 10,000 professionals to their community, with an annual budget over $300,000 and 5 FTE's in 4 years. In 2018, he founded 1909, a nonprofit to support local entrepreneurs by partnering with the FAU Adams Center for Entrepreneurship to raise $350,000 from the Knight Foundation and four (4) local Cities. Originally established in 2016 with $150,000+ from the Knight Foundati
Founder & CEO
Founded Midnight, a residential security startup focused on verifying threats, reducing false alarms, and improving emergency response. Midnight’s website lists Joseph Russo among its founders, and a September 2026 profile identifies him as the company’s founder.
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, President
Palm Beach Tech merged with TechLauderdale in 2021 to form South Florida Tech Hub. Joseph Russo’s profile and company records identify him as the organization’s founder, chief executive officer, and president; his later account says leadership transitioned to a successor CEO afte
Co-founder
Co-founded 1909, a nonprofit entrepreneurship initiative supporting Palm Beach-area creators through workspace, programs, and capital.
Senior Product Manager
Joined RapidSOS to build products serving dispatchers, first responders, and citizens. His public announcement describes his work as building product for emergency services; a later profile identifies him as part of the RapidSOS product team.
Founder & CEO
Founded Emergency Ventures, which developed Emergency App, a platform intended to aggregate disaster data, provide personalized information to citizens, and give first responders situational-awareness tools.
Founder & CEO
Founded Palm Beach Tech Association to unite South Florida’s technology companies and startup community. He later led the organization through its merger with TechLauderdale into South Florida Tech Hub.
