Corporate Management-
CFO And Senior VP
John S. Gross, 47, is responsible for all financial operations of ICC and Rare Medium. Mr. Gross previously served as Vice President/Controller for Reader's Digest (NYSE), as both Controller and Manager of Strategic Planning at Pepsi, a division of PepsiCo (NYSE), and as Chief Financial Officer for FactSet Research Systems, a NYSE leading provider of online integrated database services to the financial community. At FactSet, Mr. Gross served for four years as their first Chief Financial Officer leading up to their IPO. Mr. Gross began his career at Coopers & Lybrand, is a Certified Public Accountant, has a NASD Series 27 and holds an MBA from New York University.
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Director of Business and Legal Affairs
Robert C. Lewis, 33, previously was an associate at the nationally renowned law firm of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, where he was involved in complex litigations involving contracts, real estate, bankruptcy, tort and federal securities law matters. While at that Wall Street law firm, Mr. Lewis also worked on several public offerings and mergers. In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Lewis has worked in the political arena as a congressional campaign manager and aide and as a political researcher with ABC News. Mr. Lewis did his undergraduate work at Brown University and earned his law degree from Brooklyn Law School, where he received two scholarships and graduated cum laude.
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Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions
Steven Cuthrell, 42, brings 20 years of business experience and expertise in Profit and Loss and a record of accomplishment in the franchise and non-franchise retail industries to Rare Medium. Recruited to help build the franchise network for USWeb in the Spring of 1996, Mr. Cuthrell successfully franchised early adopter existing Web Enabling Professional Services companies throughout the US which provided USWeb with a platform to go public within 2 years. At the conclusion of the franchise initiative, he assumed the role of Director of Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, where he was instrumental in the "roll-up" of the existing USWeb franchised network and in finding and acquiring new practices throughout North America. USWeb became the first Global Web consulting company in this new medium. Prior to USWeb, Mr. Cuthrell was a director of business development at Microage Computer Centers, Inc., He has also held positions at Scandia Down Corporation, Computerland Corporation, Lake Superior Pulp and Paper, Inc., and Victoria Station, Inc. Mr. Cuthrell also ran his own corporation which serviced subcontractors and suppliers in California. He earned a BS in Business Administration from Menlo College. |
