Jennifer L. Ross
Head of Partnerships, ABL Space Systems
Jennifer L. Ross is Head of Partnerships at ABL Space Systems and has more than 20 years of engineering and financial experience in the Manufacturing, Defense and Space industries. Prior to joining ABL, Ross held management and executive positions in the areas of material science and manufacturing, process engineering, and financial analysis. Most recently, she served as a principal engineer in Launch and Enterprise Operations at The Aerospace Corporation, analyzing the space industrial base and helping space startups conduct business with the U.S. Space Force. Ross transitioned from engineering to management consulting and finance in 2007. She spent five years as vice president of a public finance management and municipal bond firm. She later joined a hedge fund as an equity short seller/research analyst, analyzing corporate financials of publicly traded companies and predicting the probability of financial failure for those businesses.
