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Phillip Gross has over 30 years of finance, business, and healthcare related experience. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dr.First.com, Inc. He began his career as a management consultant with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Hallcrest Systems and Cresap, McCormack and Paget. He then entered the telecommunications and information services industry in 1981. He spent four years with MCI during which he held senior management positions on the Corporate Staff and in MIS, and spent three years as the CFO of America Online. In addition, he has co-founded or been involved during the development stage with several business services, healthcare and information technology companies in which he held senior financial and operating positions, or served as an angel investor, board member, consultant and/or advisor. For the 12998-1999 academic year, Mr. Gross served as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, at the R.H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland; he was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Smith School thru Spring 2002. He is active in the venture capital community as both the recipient of venture capital funds as an early stage investor. He holds B.A. and M.P.A. degrees from Syracuse University and obtained his Certified Public Accountant and Certified Internal Auditor certificates in 1978. | 