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From 1990 to 2003, Jay E. Ricks was Chairman of DCC, Inc., an owner and operator of cable television systems that provided service to over 100 rural communities. Following the sale of DCC's cable television systems in 1999, DCC established a consulting service for companies seeking to provide video programming and high speed Internet connections in competition with the cable television companies and direct broadcast satellite providers. From 1962 to 1990, Mr. Ricks practiced law at Hogan & Hartson, where he served for eight years on the firm's Executive Committee. His practice focused on new technologies that were seeking to compete with the established communications infrastructure. During the 1970s, Mr. Ricks was an elected member of the Arlington County, Virginia Board of Supervisors, and one of six directors of the Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority. Mr. Ricks has a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School. | 