Moultrie Technical College’s Assistant Vice President for Administrative Services Ross Cox, second from the right, recently completed The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Administrative Services Executive Academy. Pictured with Cox, from left, are TCSG Assistant Commissioner Lisa Eason, TCSG Commissioner Ron Jackson, and TCSG Deputy Commissioner Josephine Reed-Taylor.

Ross Cox, assistant vice president for administrative services at Moultrie Technical College (MTC) since June 2012, was recognized in November at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Vice Presidents of Administrative Services meeting in Atlanta for completing the TCSG Administrative Services Executive Academy and demonstrating professional education and commitment to his profession.

The Executive Academy was established in 2013 to provide college business officers training in four 8-hour sessions that encompass all the areas involved in the Administrative Services departments of Georgia’s technical colleges.

Such training topics included financial accounting and budgeting management, PeopleSoft accounting software, human resources, various reports to state and national offices, insurance, and business office functions. Only 30 individuals were recognized for completing the Executive Academy this year.

“This is the very first time that our TCSG system has ever done this, and it is a very important internal training for our upper level accounting staffs,” said TCSG Assistant Commissioner Lisa Eason to the group at the recognition event.  

MTC’s Vice President for Administrative Services Ken Strickland said of Cox and his completion of the Academy, “Ross has been a great addition to the Moultrie Tech family. He readily committed to completing the Administrative Services Executive Academy to learn everything he could. We are all proud of Ross for successfully completing the program.”

Cox, a native of Tifton, graduated from Colquitt County High School in 2004 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Valdosta State University in 2008 and a master’s degree in accounting from Kennesaw State University in 2009. A certified public accountant, he joined the MTC administration in 2012 after working at Carr Riggs & Ingram in Tifton and Draffin & Tucker in Albany performing tax and audit work for individuals, businesses and non-profits at both firms.