Richard Ross Biography

Richard Ross is vice president and CIO of Amerada Hess Corporation, a $13 billion integrated oil, gas, and energy company operating globally. Ross is responsible for all information systems-related activities in the corporation and its multiple business units. Ross has held positions with CSC, as a consulting partner; with McKinsey & Company in London, working with the firm’s financial services and retail practices; with Salomon Brothers, as a technology manager and as an internal consultant; with British Airways, as a project manager in North America and then as part of its privatization team in the U.K.; with Wang, as a designer, programmer, and customer service engineer; and with Gartner Group, as director of Gartner’s industry overview service. Ross is a licensed Series 7 representative and serves on the board of several charitable organizations in the New York area.