Ross is a principal in Deloitte's Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice, specializing in operational M&A advisory for private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. With more than 15 years of experience spanning the full investment lifecycle, he advises leading PE firms on buy-side and sell-side transactions — from strategic due diligence and deal execution through post-close value creation and integration.
His practice centers on identifying, quantifying, and helping clients realize value from transactions — across both cost synergies and revenue acceleration. Ross leads integrated, multi-workstream deal teams that connect operational diligence, synergy validation, and Day 1 readiness into a single execution motion, giving sponsors and management teams a clear line of sight from deal thesis to measurable post-close outcomes. He is a trusted advisor to prominent private equity firms on platform builds, add-on acquisitions, and complex carve-outs where speed-to-value and operational continuity are critical. Ross's experience across high-velocity transactions informs a broader commitment to evolving how M&A advisory is delivered in a rapidly shifting deal landscape. He drives Deloitte's thinking on how emerging transaction structures — including those shaped by AI and new technology models — demand a fundamentally different operating model, one that treats every deal as an integration problem from Day 1, not a documentation exercise.
Ross holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.