Peter Aquino
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Aquino is President and Chief Executive Officer of RCN Corporation, and has been a Board member since 2004. Under his leadership, RCN has expanded beyond the residential Triple Play broadband business and into the medium and large business sectors through organic growth as well as fiber infrastructure investments. In 2009, he accepted the Best Turnaround of the Year Stevie Award and Executive of the Year - Telecommunications (American Business Awards). Mr. Aquino has served as a Telecom Operations advisor throughout his career, focusing on Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC), cable and wireless business restructuring from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Aquino also lived and worked in Venezuela between 1995 and 2000 as the Chief Operating Officer of Veninfotel (now NetUno), a private telecom company, managing the design, construction and operation of the first fiber-based Cable TV, Internet and Phone company in Latin America. Mr. Aquino began his career at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in 1983, holding positions in finance, marketing, regulatory and corporate development. Mr. Aquino earned a master’s degree in business administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1990, and serves on the Board of Trustees of United Way and Board of Directors for Primus Telecommunications Group.
Michael T. Sicoli
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Michael T. Sicoli serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining RCN Corporation in May 2005, Mr. Sicoli spent over seven years at Nextel, 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 held since 2002. Prior to joining Nextel, he worked for Deloitte Consulting and Accenture in the District of Columbia. Mr. Sicoli holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from The College of William and Mary.
Jose A. Cecin, Jr.
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Cecin, a member of RCN's Board of Directors since April 2009, serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and leads RCN’s Residential/Small Business segment.
Most recently, he was founder and President of Lumina Advisors. Prior to forming Lumina, Mr. Cecin was Managing Director and Group Head of the Communications Investment Banking practice of BB&T Capital Markets. In 1999, he co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer of Cambrian Communications. Mr. Cecin also co-founded Wave International, an emerging markets telecommunications infrastructure company that built a triple-play telecommunications company in the 5 largest cities in Venezuela. He also served as Managing Director of Corporate Development at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon). Mr. Cecin is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Arbinet Corporation and a Director of SkyTerra Communications. From 2004 to 2007, he was an independent Director of NEON Group, Inc., subsequently acquired by RCN Corporation. Mr. Cecin earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from Stanford University. He also served as an officer in the United States Army’s 25th Infantry Division.
Richard Ramlall
SVP, Strategic External Affairs and Programming
Richard Ramlall serves as Senior Vice President, Strategic External Affairs and Programming and is directly responsible for investor relations, public relations, external affairs, regulatory, programming and other strategic issues. Prior to joining RCN in March of 2005, he was Senior Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Spencer Trask Media and Communications Group, LLC (a division of New York based Spencer Trask & Company). Prior to this, he was Vice President and Managing Director for Strategy, Marketing and International Government Affairs for Bechtel Telecommunications and spent over 18 years in Bell Atlantic, most recently as Executive Director for International Business Affairs. Mr. Ramlall serves on the Boards of Directors of Evolving Systems, Inc., Gateway Communications Services, Inc., and the Alzheimer's Association’s National Capital Area Chapter. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and an MGA (Technology Management) from the University of Maryland.
Felipe Alvarez
SVP and President of RCN Metro Optical Networks
In his current role, Felipe Alvarez is responsible for the overall financial performance of RCN’s telecommunications business unit. From 1999 until joining RCN in 2006, he was Chief Operating Officer of Con Edison Communications Inc. Prior to joining Con Edison Communications in 1999, Mr. Alvarez was responsible for marketing and sales for an IP-based solutions start-up company funded by NYNEX/Bell Atlantic. Mr. Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the City College of New York as well as an M.B.A. from New York University.
