Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 27, 2003
DAVID E. GROSS joined Cryptek, Inc. in December 1996 and has
served as Cryptek's President and Chief Executive Officer since
that time. Mr. Gross has 40 years of experience working with
various high technology firms. In 1969, Mr. Gross co-founded DRS
Technologies, serving as its President until he retired in 1994.
DRS is a major supplier of digital signal processing and electro-
optical systems for the government and the aerospace industry,
with revenues of approximately $800 million per year. In addition
to the usual activities of the President, Mr. Gross also
functioned as the Chief Technical Officer, creating the
architecture for a number of digital signal processing products
for data compression, communications, imagery and video. During
his tenure, the company did an IPO and acquired a number of
technology businesses ranging from video recording to optics. Mr.
Gross has received awards from the National Security Industrial
Association and has served on various government advisory panels.
Prior to DRS, Mr. Gross worked at the Loral Corporation. He holds
a BEE from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MSEE from the
New York Institute of Technology. Profile
and an overview of things as they are now?
Mr. Gross: A group of investors and I purchased Cryptek at the
very end of 1996.
