Sophie Ross, CEO, FTI Consulting Technology

Sophie Ross is the Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Technology segment at FTI Consulting and is based in San Francisco. Ms. Ross also leads the Technology Steering Committee and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Ms. Ross has more than 20 years of experience in company management and operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. Ms. Ross specializes in helping clients manage their overall e-discovery and review through predictable pricing models and by simplifying the multi layers of discovery management.

Prior to her appointment as Global CEO of the Technology segment, Ms. Ross led the Western Region for the Technology segment, as well as the managed document review business globally.

Ms. Ross joined FTI Consulting through its 2008 acquisition of Strategic Discovery, a leader in the litigation discovery industry, where she served as the Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for data processing, IT and client support, human resources and administration and accounting. Prior to Strategic Discovery, Ms. Ross was Executive Vice President of Global Delivery & Operations at Freeborders Inc., an application outsourcing and software firm. Ms. Ross has also held strategic and operational leadership roles at Revlon Inc./MacAndrews & Forbes and The Boston Consulting Group.

In addition to her leadership role in the Technology segment, Ms. Ross serves on the Global Steering Committee of FTI Consulting’s Women’s Initiative, a company-wide program to attract, retain, develop and promote highly talented female professionals.

Ms. Ross has served in the Israeli Navy Intelligence, possesses an international and European background and is fluent in four languages. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.