RCN Announces Recent Additions to Senior Management Team
Company Fills CFO, CTO, General Counsel, Network Operations & Strategic &
External Affairs Executive Positions
HERNDON, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RCN Corporation (NASDAQ:RCNI),
a leading provider of total communications service, today announced that it has
recently filled key executive positions on its senior management team: Timothy
J. Dunne is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer; Stephen A. Bogiages, Esq. is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary; Richard Ramlall is Senior Vice President Strategic and External
Affairs; and Joseph Sorresso is Senior Vice President, Network Operations.
This announcement follows last week's hiring of Michael Sicoli as Executive VP
and CFO. In making today's announcement, RCN President & CEO Peter Aquino
explained that these executives have joined the company in the past few months
and already have made "a significant impact in moving the new RCN forward and
will play important roles for us in the years ahead." "I am excited about the senior management team we have put together to guide
and manage this company," said RCN Chairman James F. Mooney. "They are dynamic,
seasoned industry veterans who bring the proven experience, energy and
expertise needed to take RCN to the next level." Timothy J. Dunne serves as RCN as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology
Officer. Dunne also manages the corporate marketing, programming, and
information technology functions for the company. Prior to joining RCN in
March 2005, Dunne was Vice President, Digital Media & Business Development for
Nextel Communications. Previously, Dunne ran information technology
development, operations and production support for all of Nextel's Web
services. Prior to joining Nextel in September 2000, Dunne was the Chief
Operating Officer and Vice President of Marketing for a start-up CLEC that was
funded by Verizon Communications. Dunne also held various executive positions
during his 14 years at Verizon/Bell Atlantic where he was instrumental in
launching many of their Internet initiatives. Dunne is a graduate of Harvard
University's Graduate School of Business Administration. He also holds a
Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of Maryland.
Michael T. Sicoli serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. Prior to joining RCN, Sicoli spent over seven years at Nextel
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NXTL), where he held a number of positions of
increasing authority within the company's finance organization, including his
most recent position of Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, which he has held
since 2002. Prior to joining Nextel, he worked for both Deloitte Consulting and
Accenture in Washington, D.C. Sicoli holds an M.B.A. from The University of
Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and a B.A. in
Economics from The College of William and Mary.
Stephen A. Bogiages, Esq. serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary. Bogiages comes to RCN with over 20 years of experience
working with telecom and other technology companies. Prior to joining RCN in
April 2005, Bogiages was Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary to Neon Communications, Inc. from February 2000 through April 2003
and Corporate Secretary until joining RCN. From 1981 to 2000 he held various
positions in both large and small organizations such as Stone & Webster
Engineering, Raytheon, Computervision and Harvard University. Bogiages is
admitted to practice in Massachusetts, and before the U.S. District Court,
District of Massachusetts, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, District of
Columbia, and the United States Supreme Court. He holds four university degrees
in the areas of Engineering, Business, Education and Law. He also completed
senior management programs at Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Richard Ramlall serves as Senior Vice President Strategic and External Affairs
and is responsible for Regulatory Affairs, Investors Relations, Public
Relations, External Affairs and Strategic Issues. Prior to joining RCN in March
2005, Ramlall served as Senior Managing Director and Executive Vice President
of Spencer Trask Media and Communications Group, LLC (a division of New York
based venture capital firm Spencer Trask & Company) based in Reston, Virginia,
from June 1999 to March 2005. From March 1997 to June 1999, Ramlall served as
Vice President and Managing Director for Strategy, Marketing and International
Government Affairs for Bechtel Telecommunications. Prior to that, Ramlall was
Executive Director for International Business Affairs for Bell Atlantic
International and spent over 18 years at Bell Atlantic. In 1990, Ramlall was
selected to serve a one-year appointment under the Presidential Exchange
Executive Program of the White House. Ramlall holds a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration and an MGA (Technology Management) from the University
of Maryland.
Joseph Sorresso serves as RCN's Senior Vice President, Network Operations. Sorresso joined RCN in January of 2005. Prior to joining RCN, he served in
various positions at MCI, most recently as an executive staff member. Prior to
joining MCI, Sorresso held various positions in senior and executive level
management in Bell Atlantic/Verizon. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from
Pennsylvania State University with a Master of Arts in Economics and received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.
About RCN Corporation RCN Corporation, http://www.rcn.com/, is one of the largest facilities- based
competitive providers of bundled phone, cable and high-speed Internet services
delivered over its own fiber-optic local network to consumers in the most
densely populated markets in the U.S. RCN provides service in the Boston, New
York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco and Los
Angeles metropolitan markets.
RCN Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events
and future performance of RCN that involve risks and uncertainties that could
materially affect actual results. This information is qualified in its entirety
by cautionary statements and risk factors disclosure contained in certain of
RCN's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. For a description of certain
factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and
forward-looking statements contained in this press release, refer to documents
that RCN files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. RCN disclaims any obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements
contained herein. DATASOURCE: RCN Corporation CONTACT: Richard Ramlall, SVP of Strategic and External Affairs, +1-703-434-8430, or Michael Houghton, Communicreate, +1-703-799-7383 Web site: http://www.rcn.com/
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