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Meet the Changemaker: Gerard "Jerry" Capraro '66
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“I came to Utica on a scholarship, and I know what a difference that made for me. I hope future students can have that same experience.”
Gerard “Jerry” Capraro has never been afraid of change.
事实上, his long and storied career is testament to the power of pursuing new ideas 当 the opportunity arises.
比如1984年, 当, after an 18-year career at the Air Force 研究 Lab in Rome, NY, he and a friend left to open an office for Kaman Sciences, 科学研究公司, 在他的家乡尤蒂卡, NY.
或者当, 不久之后, Capraro parlayed his role as the company’s principal scientist into a faculty position at Syracuse University, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in probability theory, 统计数据, 信息系统.
It happened again in 1993, 当 Capraro left Kaman and founded Capraro Technologies, Inc., a Utica-based company specializing in research and development for the military, 软件开发, and IT and cybersecurity services.
然后在2022年, Capraro made another big move: He sold his eponymous company to a leading emergency management and disaster recovery firm, Rising Phoenix Holdings Corporation (also headquartered in Utica), on whose leadership team he now actively serves as Chief Scientist.
Through it all, giving back to his alma mater has always been a priority. As a member of Utica’s Heritage Society, Capraro, 同时也是大学受托人, hopes to bolster Utica’s cybersecurity and computer science programs — and support the institution.
“I came to Utica on a scholarship, and I know what a difference that made for me,” he says. “I hope future students can have that same experience.”
With his commitment to philanthropy through planned giving, Capraro doesn’t just embrace change — he makes it.
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