Douglas L Ross

Who is Douglas L Ross?

I've worked in electronics manufacturing businesses for forty years. Myroles have ranged from business unit general management, MA, business development, strategic planning, regulatory affairs, and financial planning. I've lead acquisition transactions throughout the world and have been responsible several times for expanding domestic businesses internationally. I have served four CEOs in three industries as a senior corporate strategy and business development officer. I've also experienced what it's like to be an entrepreneur co-founding and running a small consulting business for several years.Most recently I've been focused on the convergence of video, voice, data technologies related to cable television and IPTV. I've been studying future consumer entertainment business models, interactive television applications, targeted television advertising, audience measurement, viewer behavior modeling, consumer privacy, authentication identity models, reputation systems, social networks, digital rights management, content security and content search retrieval technologies.I love music, history, philosophy and a good bottle of wine. I'm an avid golfer, a technology geek, anewby genealogy buffand a lifelong political junky. I met my wife of 40+ years at Baylor University and we are the proud parents of three fine sons. But the real center of our life now is our four grandchildren.