CCU alumnus is the Fall 2018 Distinguished Speaker

Daniel Ross ’07, director of distribution and builder sales at Savant, will be the guest speaker for the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration’s Distinguished Speaker Series on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. in Johnson Auditorium.

Ross, who grew up in Cape Cod, became the first director of national sales of Savant in 2013. Savant, a company that specializes in home control and automation, was founded in 2005. 

Over the last decade, his career has accelerated. In 2015, he became the company’s director of business development, and along with a small team, created the builder/developer channel of Savant, which today represents more than 20 percent of Savant’s installations nationwide. 

Today, Ross oversees the builder channel and the recently launched North American distribution channel that is projected to increase Savant’s customer base by 300 percent within the next 18 months. He is currently spearheading a venture that will lay the groundwork for the electrical and commercial channels for Savant. 

Ross received his bachelor’s degree at Coastal Carolina University, where he majored in finance. He resides in Austin. 

The Distinguished Speaker Series was created in 2014 for the purpose of connecting the CCU academic community with highly regarded and successful business leaders, and to strengthen the relationship between the college and the business community.