Gerald D. Prothro, a member since 1991, is Managing Director, IKT Investments, Ltd., Goldens Bridge, New York. He is former Senior Vice President for Technology at BroadStream Communication Corporation. He has served as a consultant to the telecommunications industry, specializing in technology integration, network computing, and financial management. He is a director for Nationwide Financial Service, Nationwide Life Insurance, and FedCap Rehabilitation Services, Inc. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Saturn Venture Capital Partners.

He retired from IBM, where he held numerous senior management and executive positions including IBM Corporate Officer in 1992 and Chief Information Officer in 1994. He was the architect of the IBM Worldwide Internet Protocol (IP) network. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in physics from Howard University, and an Executive M.B.A. from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.