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A Future Insight Seminar and Book Signing
Dan Caruso
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Tuesday, March 11 | 4 P.M. | AERO N240

The first 50 attendees will receive a free signed Bandwidth book.

No one knows the birth of the Internet, and the establishment of mobile communications and fiber optic networks better than Dan Caruso, one of the changemakers who largely shaped the modern communications age. At the dawn of the digital revolution, he was about to embark on an adventure that would not only impact the course of his life for decades to come, but permanently change the very essence of how people relate to each other on a daily basis. For the first time, Caruso pulls back the curtain in Bandwidth, a no-holds-barred memoir that celebrates the pioneers who invented the Internet’s early backbones, the renegades who lit the fiber revolution, the antics that caused it to all come crashing down, and the new wave of entrepreneurs who rose the industry back from its ashes.�� For more information on Bandwidth please go to:��

Dan Caruso, is a fierce business leader known for his extraordinary track record of success in the telecommunications, aerospace and technologies industries.�� As founder and CEO of Zayo Group, Caruso led the company to a $14.3 billion exit, delivering exceptional returns for investors. His career highlights include co-founding executive roles at Level 3 Communications and leadership positions at Metropolitan Fiber Systems (MFS), both achieving multi-billion-dollar enterprise values. Caruso also spearheaded the 2004 take-private of ICG Communications, achieving a remarkable 25x return. ��In 2020, he founded Caruso Ventures, a prominent investment firm focusing on quantum technology, space tech, and other Colorado scaleups. A three-time “Decacorn” entrepreneur, his expertise is shared with aspiring innovators through numerous organizations, including Endeavor Global, Elevate Quantum, and the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Caruso holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. His numerous accolades include the Colorado Technology Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Colorado Governor’s Corporate Citizenship Medal. In 2015, Dan and his wife, Cindy, established The Caruso Foundation to Support Initiatives that Inspire Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Inclusion. The Caruso Foundation supports a number of impactful organizations including the 91������’s Startup Summer, Catalyze CU, and New Venture Challenge, Endeavor Colorado, Colorado Thrives and several others. Dan recently gave the commencement address for the 91������ MBA (2020).

Mark N. Sirangelo created and hosts the CU Future Insight Seminar Series as CU’s Entrepreneur-Scholar in Residence. He is a previous Chairman of the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board and the DoD’s Space Advisory Committee. Mark was the founding executive and head of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems and has served as the Chief Innovation Officer of Colorado.

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