A month later, Vogel resigned abruptly after discovering ICG's communications network had rampant flaws. In a pinch to find someone to lead the sinking company, ICG investor Gleacher Capital Partners called upon a familiar face. Gleacher, an investor in Thermadyne as well as ICG, offered him one. The company employs 2,264 people globally, including roughly 1,300 in Colorado. Curran predicts ICG can save itself by dramatically slowing its growth, selling excess network capacity, keeping its employees informed and fixing its network problems, among other things.
Companies are like people.
If they have wounds and you give them time, they'll heal. The son of Chicago's largest plumbing contractor, Curran grew up in the Windy City. He received his bachelor's degree from DePauw University in Indiana and his master's of business administration from the University of Chicago. After earning his degrees, Curran worked at Arthur Andersen, industrial conglomerate McGraw Edison and floor maintenance equipment company Clarke Industries before joining Thermadyne's holding company as chief financial officer in 1987. In his first years at Thermadyne, Curran worked as a dealmaker, helping Thermadyne bring more industrial companies under its umbrella.