Tom Boasburg is a friend and a former colleague of mine from the Level 3 Communications days. I picked up the Denver Post this morning and saw that Tom was approved as the new Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools. Congratulations to both Tom and to the Denver Public Schools, the latter because I know Tom will do a fine job for DPS.
We sold ICG Communications to Level 3 Communications four years ago. Tom led this acquisition for Level 3. It is fun to reminisce some of the stories from this memorable process.
Don Gips was Tom’s mentor at Level 3. Don, also a friend of mine, was recently named director of presidential personnel for Barack Obama. Congrats to Don as well. Several other former colleagues of mine are working with Tom at DPS and, I suspect, a few will find their way to Don’s staff in Washington. It is great to watch the career progress of Level 3 alumni.
Don and Tom–best of luck and don’t forget about us.
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Dan, Do I detect the pangs of political aspirations? Perhaps Don could slide you in as Obama’s Secretary of RISK!