Fred Foster
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Fred Foster succeeds in the entertainment tech industry after dropping out of university.
From the world’s tallest building in Dubai, to Main Street Disney in Orlando, to the lights on Broadway in New York City, it is a Wisconsin company lighting the way. Fred Foster is the CEO of Electronic Theater Controls in Middleton and was chosen as one of the 10 most powerful people in the entertainment technology industry. All of this from a University of Wisconsin dropout.
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Fred Foster
Clip: Season 3 Episode 9 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
From the world’s tallest building in Dubai, to Main Street Disney in Orlando, to the lights on Broadway in New York City, it is a Wisconsin company lighting the way. Fred Foster is the CEO of Electronic Theater Controls in Middleton and was chosen as one of the 10 most powerful people in the entertainment technology industry. All of this from a University of Wisconsin dropout.
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Wisconsin Life is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for Wisconsin Life is provided by the Wooden Nickel Fund, Mary and Lowell Peterson, A.C.V. and Mary Elston Family, Obrodovich Family Foundation, Stanley J. Cottrill Fund, Alliant Energy, UW...