
Michael Ross
About
Michael Ross has been chief people officer at OnePay since January 2024. From 2013 to 2018 he ran human resources at Visa, where the workforce roughly doubled from about 9,000 to more than 16,000. He started Visa University and opened Visa's first employee health center. Before Visa he was chief talent and rewards officer at HP, and earlier held HR roles at Merrill Lynch and ran compensation and benefits at Morgan Stanley. He teaches the Future of Work at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
Notable experience
Chief People Officer
Jan 2024 – Present
Advisor
Apr 2021 – Present
Stanford Graduate School of Business (opens in a new tab)
Lecturer In Management
Sep 2020 – Present
Advisor
Jun 2020 – Present
SemperVirens Venture Capital (opens in a new tab)
Executive Advisory Board - founding member
Oct 2018 – Present
Board Of Advisors
Sep 2018 – Present
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (opens in a new tab)
Master of Science (MSc), International Employment Relations
2001 – 2004
James Madison University (opens in a new tab)
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Finance, General
1988 – 1992




