J. Ross Pruett
Ross Pruett is part of the Business Development team at Maersk, one of the world’s largest asset-based integrators of end-to-end supply chain and logistics services. Ross has responsibility for prospective growth in the Retail and Lifestyle verticals and is regularly called upon as a subject matter expert on warehousing and distribution solutions.
Over his career, Ross managed large distribution centers in Mexico for GXO logistics, multi-site management throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Brightpoint, now CEVA Logistics, and multiple cross-border operations along the U.S. / Mexico border. He managed channel sales for Crown Equipment responsible for export sales to 24 markets in Latin America and Caribbean, as well as designing and selling industrial warehouse equipment systems throughout the Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico for the Raymond Corporation.
Ross served as a Senior Trade Advisor for the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, heading up strategic definition for the bureau’s work along the U.S. / Mexico and Canada borders in bilateral trade facilitation in promotion of the President’s National Export Initiative. Ross served in the U.S. Army as a Latin American Cryptologic Intelligence Linguist.
He holds a Master of Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M, an MS in Accounting from The University of Texas at Dallas, a BA in Latin American Studies from Baylor University, and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. He has guest lectured at various business and engineering classes and done research work in the area of Expectancy Disconfirmation focusing on customer churn strategies. Ross lives in Pompano Beach, Florida with his wife Ronda, and they have a son Andrew who lives in Oregon.
Over his career, Ross managed large distribution centers in Mexico for GXO logistics, multi-site management throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Brightpoint, now CEVA Logistics, and multiple cross-border operations along the U.S. / Mexico border. He managed channel sales for Crown Equipment responsible for export sales to 24 markets in Latin America and Caribbean, as well as designing and selling industrial warehouse equipment systems throughout the Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico for the Raymond Corporation.
Ross served as a Senior Trade Advisor for the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, heading up strategic definition for the bureau’s work along the U.S. / Mexico and Canada borders in bilateral trade facilitation in promotion of the President’s National Export Initiative. Ross served in the U.S. Army as a Latin American Cryptologic Intelligence Linguist.
He holds a Master of Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M, an MS in Accounting from The University of Texas at Dallas, a BA in Latin American Studies from Baylor University, and is a graduate of the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. He has guest lectured at various business and engineering classes and done research work in the area of Expectancy Disconfirmation focusing on customer churn strategies. Ross lives in Pompano Beach, Florida with his wife Ronda, and they have a son Andrew who lives in Oregon.
