Joseph R. Thornton

Part of Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., Zayo Group LLC is a company that provides tailored connectivity and edge solutions. The company is based in Boulder, CO. Zayo Group was founded in 2007 by John Louis Scarano, Matthew Erickson, Daniel Philip Caruso, and Sandi Mays. The company's future-ready network spans over 17.5 million fiber miles and 142,500 route miles, enabling carriers, cloud providers, data centers, schools, and enterprises to deliver exceptional experiences from core to cloud to edge. Stephen Michael Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

GTS Poland Sp zoo provides telecommunications services. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.

Mpower Holding Corp. provides broadband data and voice communication services to business and wholesale customers. It offers local and long distance voice services, as well as internet access, voice over internet protocol telephony, data services, web hosting, and network access services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Pittsford, NY.

SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc. provides digital wireless communications services. The firm offers switched interconnection/backhaul, long distance, roaming, network monitoring, and information technology services. It also provides GSM network and wireless AMBER alerts. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA.

Columbia Capital LLC (Columbia Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 1989 by Dave P. Mixer. The firm is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia.

Presidio Networked Solutions LLC provides information technology solutions, professional and managed services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

TAC Partners Inc (TAC Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1986 by James F. Wade and David D. Croll. The firm is headquartered in Boston, California.

Cowen & Co. LLC is a SEC-registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Cowen Holdings, Inc., ultimately owned by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSE: TD) in Canada. Cowen & Co. offers industry-focused investment banking for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research and a sales and trading platform for institutional investors. Their institutional sales and trading business serves both equity and fixed-income clients. Sales and trading execution platform is structured around the following key verticals: (1) healthcare (2) technology, telecommunications and media (TMT) (3) REITs and financials (4) aerospace and defense (5) consumer and (6) alternative energy.

New Global Telecom, Inc. provides VoIP solutions and outsourced network management services. The company delivers VoIP services to carriers and service providers. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Lakewood, CO.

Impact Telecom, Inc. provides telecommunications market delivery and effective solutions. It offers progressive cloud-based unified communication services to carriers, businesses and homes. The firm’s product portfolio includes a range of flexible, portable and easy-to-use voice and messaging services. The company was founded by Robert M. Beaty in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.

mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc. provides information technology outsourcing and cloud services. It offers managed IT Services, cloud, data center and professional services. The firm's clients include small and medium sized businesses, law firms, nonprofit associations, financial services and healthcare companies. The company was founded in by Michael P. Wheeler and Mark A. Moore in 1999 and is headquartered in Sterling, VA.

Envysion, Inc. provides cloud-based video driven business intelligence solutions. It provides Web-based video management solutions to video surveillance markets. The company provides managed video as a service platform, a video management software that is hosted through the Internet. It serves restaurants, retail companies, financial service companies, hospitality, and convenience store operators in North America. Envysion was founded by Dan P. Caruso, Matt Steinfort and Robert Hagens in 2006 and is headquartered Louisville, CO.

TerraPact, Inc. provides infrastructure acquisitions and asset management services. The private company is based in Brentwood, TN. Benjamin S. Myers has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Vivacity Infrastructure Group LLC designs, develops, and deploys fiber optic and wireless network infrastructure. The company is based in Naperville, IL, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company provides planning, design, construction, maintenance, and commercialization services for fiber optic and wireless infrastructure. The company works through outsourced contracts, public-private partnerships (P3), co-investments, and joint builds. The company's markets include FTTH, transportation, communication, and utilities. The company was founded in 2009, and the CEO is Lynn E. Refer.

Xenith IG is a dark fiber network infrastructure owner and operator that provides reliable, robust, and high-bandwidth connectivity solutions to hyperscalers, data center operators, content providers, carriers, and enterprises in the APAC region. The company is based in Singapore, Singapore, and has subsidiaries in Australia. The Singaporean company's leadership consists of fiber connectivity professionals with proven success building and maintaining large-scale data networks around the world. Xenith IG's networks are 100%% underground, providing reliable connections that can be activated and connected in days. The company strategically places its connections to minimize overlap and builds and operates custom network infrastructure for the most demanding client requirements. Xenith IG enables leading hyperscale companies by providing cost-effective interconnection. The CEO of the company is Clement Goh.

round2media LLC engages in the provision of financial solutions for recording artists, producers and labels. It works with artists and labels to acquire digital music streaming royalties. The company was founded by Michael Rosenblatt and is headquartered in Needham, MA.

Driven Technologies, Inc. provides ultra-secure IT posture services to businesses. The company is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United States. With the predicted increase in cyberattacks, the American company's mission is to provide a security plan and partner to give confidence to move forward. Driven's Armor™ Managed Detection and Response (MDR) goes beyond visibility and detection to create a secure environment. Rudy Casasola has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Vivacity Networks LLC is a smart city infrastructure builder that provides solutions and services for improved city operations, higher resource efficiency, and better citizen quality of life. The company is based in Alexandria, VA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. Vivacity Networks transforms assets into connected networks that deliver the future now. The company invests in and develop open, competitive networks that enable next-generation services, invite innovation, and provide the foundation for smarter and more efficient cities. Founded in 2017, the company offers customized solutions that include gigabit connectivity, upgrading existing assets, managing carrier relations, and technology integration.

Nisos Holdings, Inc. engages in the provision of technology-enabled cyber security solutions. It offers security testing and investigation services. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Bear Equity LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2003 by Daniel Philip Caruso. Bear Equity LLC is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.

Colorado UpLift is a non-profit organization that aims to provide urban students with a positive and caring adult mentor who can help them navigate life's toughest challenges. The non-profit company is based in Denver, CO. The organization recognizes that students living in low-income and underserved areas face a complex set of experiences and circumstances, including education failure, employment, incarceration, family dysfunction, and mental health issues. Colorado UpLift builds long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth to help them overcome these challenges.

Startup Colorado Springs engages in new company creation and entrepreneurial network density solutions. The non-profit company is based in Colorado Springs, CO.

Part of AT & T, Inc., Illinois Bell Telephone Co. LLC is a company that provides telephone communication services. The company is based in Springfield, IL.

Omnispace LLC engages in the development and operation of mobile satellite services and related networks services. It provides scheduled communications and machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity services enabling low-cost/low-complexity communications modules to communicate with the satellite. The company was founded on May 08, 2012 and is headquartered in Dulles, VA.

Zayo Group UK Ltd. owns metropolitan networks. Its optical fiber network transfers bandwidth data traffic. The firm provides customers with connectivity between business markets. Its product portfolio includes dark fibre to provide an alternative to construct private business networks; IP Network offers access to the content provider and user to wholesale Internet transit and Metro-Express & Metro-Express Plus to allow the transport of a variety of protocols across single or multiple wavelengths on a dedicated pair of fibres. The company also offers Metro-Wave Division Multiplexing a network between business locations; Metro-IP to provide Internet bandwidth direct to business premises; Metro-wavelengths and Metro-Ethernet connectivity between various London Data centers. Zayo Group UK was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Telarus, Inc. provides software and services to data, voice, and cloud providers. It offers marketing, account management, project management, engineering, sales support, custom commission plans, and audits. The company was founded by Patrick K. Oborn and Adam V. Edwards in 2002 and is headquartered in Sandy, UT.