Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder and Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Mr. Ross is the co-founder and principal of Business Rule Solutions, LLC. At BRS, Mr. Ross is active in consulting and co-develops Proteus, its landmark methodology for business analysis, decisioning, and business rules. Mr. Ross is the author of eight professional books. He is recognized internationally as the “father of business rules.” He has served as chair of the annual Business Rules Forum Conference since 1997. He was a charter member of the Business Rules Group (BRG) in the 1980s, as well as an editor of the two landmark BRG papers, “The Business Motivation Model: Business Governance in a Volatile World” and the “Business Rules Manifesto.” He is active in OMG standards development, with core involvement in SBVR. He is a sought-after speaker at conferences world-wide and gives popular public seminars through AttainingEdge and in Europe though IRM-UK. Mr. Ross received DAMA International’s Individual Achievement Award for 1995. He received his M.S. in information science from Illinois Institute of Technology and his B.A. from Rice University.