Alumnus Profile - Davyeon Ross

Davyeon Ross earned a bachelor of science in Computer Science at Benedictine College in 2000 and later earned his MBA from Mid-America Nazarene University. He is an innovative technology leader and widely recognized entrepreneur.

Ross is Cofounder/COO of DDSports Inc., a team sports performance platform fueled  by wearable and smart equipment data. DDSports first product is ShotTracker, a wearable tech for basketball that automatically tracks a basketball player’s shot  attempts, makes, misses and his or her location on the court while providing real time statistics and data.

In Oct. 2011, Digital Sports Ventures, founded by Ross, was acquired by Digital Broadcasting Group. As part of the acquisition, DBG named Ross, Executive Vice President, Publisher Solutions. Ross’ responsibilities included overseeing product development around the company’s Content Library Platform (CLiP), content acquisition and the syndication and distribution of DBG’s six content verticals within CLiP. As CEO of Digital Sports Ventures, Ross negotiated the rights to Division I college sports video across seven major conferences, and set the strategy for the company’s portfolio of content and interactive technologies.

Prior to launching Digital Sports Ventures, Ross served as lead technical and management consultant for eVergance Partners (acquired in 2007), managing projects across the United States, Europe and Canada for clients including Research in Motion (BlackBerry), T-Online, Business Objects, Sasktel, Mattel, Siemens Medical Systems, Nortel Networks and others. Prior to eVergance, Ross began his technology career as a software engineer for Sprint, playing critical roles in the development of the company’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Knowledge Management applications.