Heath Gross

As founder and CEO of Sedulo Group, Heath Gross has built Sedulo Group into a world-class provider of competitive intelligence and strategy consulting services. Heath is a seasoned competitive intelligence professional with over ten years of experience in primary research and strategy consulting. He has managed projects across the industry spectrum, including life science, healthcare, professional services, information technology, and manufacturing. As CEO, Heath provides the overall strategic leadership for the company and works with Sedulo Group clients to implement competitive intelligence programs and strategies that enable them to outperform and outmaneuver their competition.

Prior to his civil career in competitive intelligence, Heath served as a Counterintelligence Agent with the US Government and as the Special Projects Officer for the Kuwait Residence Office Counter-Terrorism Unit. He was responsible for leading source operations in Eastern Europe, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Djibouti.

Heath is actively involved in the competitive intelligence community, serving as a long-time member of SCIP and as head of the Midsouth SCIP Chapter. He is a presenter at Stanford’s Strategic Execution Conference and is a member of Stanford’s Decision Analysis and Risk Management group, which includes SPM (Strategic Portfolio Management). He is a frequent guest lecturer at USC’s School of Pharmacy and the University of Louisville’s School of Business, where he lectures regularly on entrepreneurism and competitive intelligence. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville and holds an advanced degree in Intelligence Studies from the United States Intelligence School.