A private investment firm that acquires and operates founder-led businesses... for the long term.

A Unique Approach

RusselHapp & Associates LLC acquires small, well-run companies to partner with founders ready for their next chapter, and we operate the companies with permanent capital, so there is no forced exit and no pressure to flip.

We bring operating experience across technology, healthcare, industrials, and B2B services, along with hands-on leadership in go-to-market, operations, and modernization.

Experience Spanning Startups, Market Leaders, and Global Enterprises

RusselHapp & Associates is led by Norman Happ and Kristin Russel, longtime business executives and entrepreneurs with decades of combined experience building and scaling companies.

Norm's background includes executive leadership roles at PayPal, Intuit, H&R Block, Veryon, EZ Texting, and Evernote, and founding Anachron, a European SaaS company later acquired by ING Bank.

Kristin's background spans Kinaxis, symplr, Quest Analytics, Humana, and Omnicell, along with Anachron.

Together, that experience spans CEO, board, and operating roles across Fortune 500, venture-backed, and private equity-backed companies, with particular depth in revenue growth, technology-enabled operations, and industrial and instrumentation services.

Our Approach

Permanent capital. We hold what we buy. No fund clock, no forced resale.
Operator-led. Norm is personally involved in every acquisition, not a deal team working a pipeline.
Discipline, not volume. We acquire selectively and grow intentionally.