designing maintenance and support organizations and project management.   DMC is privately held with its headquarters in the Washington DC area and associates located in California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts and Ohio.  

Mr. Gross has over 15 years of extensive education technology experience, including with Sun Microsystems and Apple Computer.  As the K12 Market Development Manager at Sun Microsystems' Global Education and Research Division, he was charged with acquiring new partners supporting the implementation of Sun's vision for the worldwide education markets and proposal operations. Mr. Gross also served as a government relations liaison for Sun and participated in a number of activities surrounding education technology policy:

1. • Honorary Executive to the Congressional Web Based Education Commission
   

2. • Contributing author to the National Education Technology Plan
   

3. • Chairperson to the Washington, D.C. Mayor's Task force on Education   Technology
   

4. • Author of a portal implementation technology guide for 1997 Summit of the Americas.
   

With Apple Computer, Mr. Gross served as the K12 Education Manager for in the

Southeast.  Major responsibilities encompassed managing the K12 e

ducation practice,

including strategic account planning, marketing, proposal operations, sales development,

and public relations. Additionally, as a result of his extensive background, he was selected

to manage all aspects associated with the implementation and deployment for Apple’s

largest 1-1 e-Learning national reference account in a Northern Virginia K12 school

district.  

Other education technology management experiences include:

1. • Director of Marketing & Business Development with TRW's Education Technology Division
   

2. • Board of Director for an XML based learning content management system provider
   

Mr. Gross also held a variety of positions both domestically and internationally in the public sector, including Legislative Aide to Senator Howard Metzenbaum on education policy, Senior Policy Advisor on international affairs to Congressman Erick Fingerhut, and Political Risk consultant to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Mr. Gross holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the Ohio State University, a Masters of Business Administration from the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Masters of Public Policy and International Affairs from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.  Mr. Gross is married to Leslie Sacks Gross and has two children ages 6 and 2.