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Management Team
Michael A. Gross - President
Michael Gross has spent the last 29 years assisting in
the development and sales of the Terra Block System. He
has worked extensively throughout the world, negotiating
numerous large purchases of Terra Block products. He has
supervised projects in the Congo, Africa, Nigeria,
Holland, Germany, France, England, Saudi Arabia, Canada,
Guatemala, El Salvador, and South America, as well as many parts of the United
States, building with, or surveying proposed Terra Block
projects. He is intimately aware of the technological
aspects of earth construction and housing construction
in general. He is highly experienced in the management
of the current operations and is responsible for all
field operation activities.
Mr. Gross is a creative inventor in his own right. He
has many inventions to his credit, which have produced
several million dollars in revenue. He has brought his
innovative and dynamic thinking to bear on the
challenges and hurdles that have faced Terra Block. He studied Chemistry at Snead
College in Alabama. He has been a member of the
Orange County Sheriff's
Office
Orlando, Florida for 14 yrs..
Joseph Gaitan - Director of International Sales
Mr. Gaitan is a consultant with 30 years of experience
as a financier, investor, entrepreneur and sales
advisor. He has extensive knowledge in Real Estate
Sales, Construction and Development. Mr. Gaitan is
managing director of The PFI Group, a private group of
individual investors that participate in companies
having an above average expected return on investment.
Mr. Gaitan's in-house associates consist of Investors,
Engineers, Architects and Project Managers. Mr. Gaitan
is instrumental in arranging private equity capital and
long term financing for projects that have merit. Mr.
Gaitan is a native Texan, is fluent in Spanish and has
been with Terra Block since 1999.
Craig Kaufman - Executive Consultant
Mr. Kaufman is a hands-on entrepreneurial leader and
value adder with innovative strategies. He has nearly
two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, financier,
investor, deal facilitator, marketer, advisor and board
member to both private and public companies Mr. Kaufman
has a record of bringing organizational focus to the
bottom line, and has demonstrated success in launching
new product/market development, operations, cost
reduction initiatives, and growth strategies. Mr.
Kaufman has served on the board and advisory board of
several companies, has founded a number of companies and
has authored and been the subject of numerous articles
that have appeared locally and
internationally. Craig has a proven track record in
achieving marketing, sales and financial objectives in
both consumer and middle market companies. His greatest
strength is seeing "outside the box" and to initiate and
seize opportunities that lead to growing revenues and
generating recurring profitability
Robert Wayne Gross, Jr. - Consultant
Wayne supervised the Tecstor Project in Guatemala for
hazardous waste storage units and the Terra Block System
for low-income housing. His logistic efforts in El
Salvador helped to establish new project locations for
low-income housing. In Canada, Wayne was responsible for
overseeing machine demonstrations in Red Deer, Alberta,
and Calgary, to pave the way for affordable housing
utilizing the Terra Block System.
Donald Akins - Marketing
Don has built and maintained our
websites, made promotional CD's and presentations since
1993.
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