Mr. Bross currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Z FEDERAL and provides the current Executive Leadership team with history and context for its historical Federal government contractual activities performed by Z, INC. as one of the Company’s founding partners. Mr. Bross co-Founded Z, INC. (now Z Federal) in March 1983 along with business partner, Alan Naney. For over 34 years, Mr. Bross served as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer and was responsible for all corporate operations and business development activities. He was instrumental in creating long-standing, healthy customer relationships at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Agency (FDIC)and strategic business partnerships until November 2017 when he sold his equity stake in the Company to the Z, INC. Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) Trust knowing that the transition of ownership to the ESOP would ultimately benefit Z FEDERAL’s new ESOP Employee Shareholders. Mr. Bross possesses his Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate, a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree from the University of Baltimore, an M.B.A.from the University of Delaware, and a B.S. degree from the University of Maryland and is a member of the Maryland and American Bar Associations.