Ross is a founding Principal and Senior Attorney with Exequity. Prior to co-founding Exequity in 2006, Ross was a Principal and a leader in Hewitt Associates' Executive Compensation Practice and Hewitt's Corporate Restructuring and Change group, as well as a member of Hewitt's Leadership Group. Ross has consulted in the executive compensation and corporate restructuring arenas for 18 years, and before that specialized in tax and securities laws for a major accounting firm and a law firm.

Ross consults on all aspects of executive compensation, including incentive design, establishing appropriate market benchmarks and pay levels for all forms of pay, and all technical issues impacting executive compensation (tax, securities law, and accounting implications). In addition, Ross provides executive compensation-related advisory services to companies undergoing restructuring events, including mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, spin-offs, and similar restructurings.

Some of the clients with whom Ross has recently worked include: Alpharma, CDW, Claire's Stores, Countrywide Financial Corporation, General Electric, Motorola, Philips Electronics, Ryerson, Sapient, Sempra Energy, SUPERVALU, TheStreet.com, and Tyco.

Ross is a frequent speaker, having delivered speeches to WorldatWork, the American Compensation Association, the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, the Conference Board, and the Edison Electric Institute. In addition, Ross has published articles in several professional publications, including the Journal of Compensation and Benefits and Directorship magazine. Ross is frequently quoted on executive compensation and corporate restructuring matters by such publications as CFO magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Directorship magazine, USA Today, HR Magazine, and the London Times.

Ross received a BS in Business Administration from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Illinois Law School. Ross is a member of the Illinois and Wisconsin State Bars.