Colorado Innovators: Mario Ciabarra Part 2, CEO and Founder at Quantum Metric

In this episode of The Bear Roars, Mario Ciabarra returns — a year later — to join Dan Caruso for a wide-ranging conversation on building and scaling a company in the age of AI.

Mario reflects on the journey that took him from serial entrepreneur to CEO of one of Colorado’s most successful software scaleups — and how a well-timed nudge from John Chambers changed the trajectory of the entire company. He breaks down how Quantum Metric evolved from a digital analytics tool into a full agentic platform, why showing your work is the secret to earning trust from the world’s largest retailers, airlines, and banks, and what it actually took to hit three consecutive record-breaking quarters.

The conversation expands into the bigger forces reshaping enterprise software: how AI agents are replacing five-hour Sunday war rooms with answers delivered in seconds, and why the next generation of leaders must be fluent in both technology and business.

Listen now to see what separates the companies moving fast enough to survive from the ones still living inside dashboards.

Learn more about Quantum Metric: https://www.quantummetric.com/our-story

Order Dan’s Book – Bandwidth: The Untold Story of Ambition, Deception, and Innovation that Shaped the Internet Age and Dot-Com Boom: dan-caruso.com/book

Listen to Dan’s Song Stretch: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/dancaruso/stretch

Check out music by Jason Mendelson (Jace Allen): https://www.youtube.com/@jaceallen

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