Agenda

VCIR Winter 2010 Conference Schedule

Tuesday, February 23rd

Wednesday, February 24th

Thursday, February 25th

Why Attend?

Finding the perfect investment is hard work!

Venture Capital in the Rockies has a team of prominent Rocky Mountain venture capitalists doing the leg work for you. Our selection committee identifies and pre-qualifies all presenting companies from a broad pool of applicants, so you only see the best the rocky mountain region has to offer.

With approximately 20 presenting companies ranging from seed stage through mezzanine and covering the spectrum from cleantech, software, communications, and next generation internet, we've got what you're looking for.

Keynote Speaker

Dan Caruso
Co-Founder, President and CEO

An industry veteran, Dan Caruso has 22 years of experience in the telecommunications and Internet industries. Dan is currently CEO of Zayo Group, a regional provider of telecom services comprised of three complimentary business units. Zayo Bandwidth is focused on providing highly reliable fiber-based bandwidth solutions to targeted customers. Onvoy Voice Services delivers wholesale voice services to carriers and LEC’s, and Zayo Managed Services focuses on providing converged IP services to small and medium enterprises. Under Dan’s direction, each business unit concentrates specifically in its area of excellence and tailors offerings to fit customers’ needs.

Prior to Zayo, Dan was President and CEO of ICG Communications, a major provider of telecommunications and Internet service. In a buyout led by Dan in 2004, ICG was purchased by Columbia Capital and M/C Venture Partners. Dan and his team propelled ICG to become a profitable and positive cash flow company while realizing double-digit revenue growth. Level 3 Communications purchased ICG in 2006, marking the culmination of one of the more successful telecom investment stories in the post-bubble era. Dan was also a founding executive member and officer of Level 3, where he was group vice president of Lines of Business and Marketing and group vice president of Network Services. Previously, Dan was a senior vice president at WorldCom and MFS Communications, where he had various responsibilities in business development, network planning, and operations. Dan began his career at Ameritech (now part of AT&T) in an executive management program.

Dan is active in telecom and related industries, serving as chairman of Envysion, a venture backed company providing Internet-based video surveillance services and sits on the board of NGT Communications, a leading provider of wholesale VoIP services. Dan is active in local philanthropy and since 2003 has been on the board of Colorado Uplift, a charity focused on supporting Denver inner-city youth. Dan holds a MBA from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Dan maintains an interesting and informative blog at www.BearOnBusiness.com.