Esteemed 2003

Bulldog Bail Bonds first opened their doors in Ocala on March 1st, 2003.

 

Our Mission

 

It is our aim to deftly assist our clients with our extensive knowledge of the bail business in the most efficient manner possible so as to minimize their stress and time away from their loved one.

 

Our Staff

Russell S. DiPesa -- President/Owner, Limited Surety Agent

Russell was born in Hialeah Hospital and raised in Palm Springs North in sunny South Florida.  His family moved to Ocala in 1984 and he attended Dunnellon High School for his 10th and 11th grade years.  He moved back down to South Florida and graduated from Hialeah American High School in June of 1987.

 

After moving back to the Ocala area once again after his high school graduation, he began attending Central Florida Community College and achieved his AA degree in Business Administration in 1991.  He attended the University of Florida from January of 1992 through December of 1994, achieving a BS in Business Administration with a concentration on Computer and Information Science.  Once again, he moved back to South Florida and began to work for a computer consulting firm that was based in Madrid, Spain.  

 

He quickly rose through the ranks, going from programmer to project leader to project manager in just three short years.  Within five years, he became a VP at the company.  This career path allowed him to travel all over the world, with trips to Lima, Bogota, Singapore, and multiple trips to London, Buenos Aires, and Manhattan.  However, through circumstances beyond his control, the Ft. Lauderdale branch of the consulting company closed their American operations in 2001.

 

Russell immediately opened his own consulting company to keep the bills paid.  In the meantime, Rick Arenas, a good friend of his who had been in the bail business for years in South Florida, encouraged him to get his bail license.  Back then, it only took about 9 months to obtain a license and Russell figured, "What the hell!"  After only one month of being a fully licensed bondsman, Rick asked Russell to move to Key West to open a bail bond company that Russell would run.  Within a month, Russell had packed up and moved down to Key West to open Rick's Bail Bonds.  He remained in Key West until March of 2003, when he decided to return to Ocala and open Bulldog Bail Bonds.

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