Ross is the Director of Industry Partnerships & Entrepreneurship at Lawrence Technological University where he launches university centers. In this capacity he has assisted with the launch of an entrepreneurship hardware accelerator, a Construction Safety Research Center and a Healthcare Violence Reduction Center. Prior to this experience he served as the as the Chief Executive Officer of one of the first entrepreneurship accelerators operating in Detroit and Cleveland. Over a ten-year period he led this non-profit to mentor 80 tech-based startups, assist in raising $17 million in startup investment, provide over 550 events, raise over $20 million in donations, and contribute to revitalizing these two cities.

As a Quicken Loans executive for the ten years prior, he coordinated the launch of the company’s national online mortgage retail center, 18 branches, and the company’s first process improvement team. During a prior tenure with MetLife, Ross launched the General Motors (GM) National Retiree Service Center that generated $12 million in annual revenue by providing a variety of benefit services to GM’s 380,000 retirees nationwide. He also led the turn-around of a MetLife claim office that serviced General Electric’s 350,000 team members by exceeding service goals and reducing annual costs by 21%.

Ross has a Masters in Business Administration from Wayne State University, a Bachelors in Business Administration from Michigan State University, a Six Sigma Black Belt certification, and been recognized as one of the top 100 leaders advancing technology innovation in Detroit.