David Gross is the chief analyst and founder of Freesky Research (http://www.freeskyresearch.com/Home_Page.html), an industry analysis firm covering high-speed wireline networks. His interest in data transmission protocols began in 1995 when as a graduate student studying accounting, he convinced the department head to let him waive his Estate Tax course requirement and replace it with Data Communications Engineering. Since then, network technologies have been his focus - the marketing, the engineering, and the financing.

Prior to founding Freesky Research (http://www.freeskyresearch.com/Home_Page.html), David worked at MCI, Cable & Wireless, and was an industry analyst at Communications Industry Researchers.