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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Hillman, Lee 53 2009 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Aquino, Peter 48 2004 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Sicoli, Michael 38 2005 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Cecin, Jose 46 2009 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President, Director
Sears, Leslie 43 2006 Senior Vice President, Controller
Ramani, P. 52 2008 Senior Vice President - Customer Care, President - RCN Business Services
Ramlall, Richard 53 2005 Senior Vice President - Programming, Strategic and External Affairs
Alvarez, Felipe 48 Senior Vice President, President - RCN Metro Optical Networks
Duster, Benjamin 48 2004 Director
Tseung, Daniel 38 2004 Director
Levine, Charles 56 2008 Director
Skrzypczak, Casimir 68 2009 Director
Cellar, Kurt 39 2009 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Hillman, Lee Mr. Lee Hillman is Non Executive Chairman of RCN Corporation. Since 2003, Mr. Hillman has served as President of Liberation Investment Advisory Group and Liberation Management Services, both private management consulting firms. Since January 2009, Mr. Hillman has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Performance Health Systems, LLC, an early-stage business distributing bioDensity® branded, specialty health and exercise equipment. From February 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Hillman served as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Power Plate International, a global business manufacturing and distributing high-tech, Power Plate branded health and exercise equipment. From 2005 to February 2006, he was President of Power Plate North America, the exclusive, independent distributor of Power Plate International in North America. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Hillman was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bally Entertainment Corporation, a publicly-traded diversified operator of hotels, casino resorts and other leisure properties, and from 1996 to 2002 he served as Chief Executive Officer, President and a director (and from 2000 to 2002 Chairman of the Board), of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation, a publicly-traded operator of health and fitness clubs. Mr. Hillman is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania and the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. Mr. Hillman serves as a director of Lawson Products Inc. and a trustee of Adelphia Recovery Trust.
Aquino, Peter Mr. Peter 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 through acquisitions, including: ConEd Communications in New York, and Northeast Optical Networks (NEON) in New England. Prior to joining RCN, Mr. Aquino served as a Senior Managing Director of Communications Technology Advisors LLC, focusing on CLEC, cable, and wireless carriers from 2001 to 2004. During RCN’s restructuring in 2004, the company retained Mr. Aquino as an operations advisor, and later named him President and CEO as part of the new management team upon emergence from bankruptcy in December 2004. Mr. Aquino’s international experience includes the launch of Veninfotel (now NetUno) in Caracas, Venezuela from 1995 and 2000, and serving as part of the founding team of Wave International. In 1998, Mr. Aquino was named Chief Operating Officer of Veninfotel and managed the design, construction, and operation of the first integrated Triple Play and metro fiber-based Commercial company in Latin America. Prior to Mr. Aquino’s expatriate assignment, his telecom career began at New Jersey Bell/Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in 1983, holding various positions in finance, marketing, regulatory, and corporate development over a 13 year period. Mr. Aquino is a graduate of Montclair State University in NJ, and the Graduate School of Business at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and will be joining the Board of Directors of the United Way in 2009.
Sicoli, Michael Mr. Michael Sicoli serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RCN Corporation. Prior to joining RCN 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 beginning in 2002. Prior to joining Nextel, he worked for both Deloitte Consulting and Accenture in Washington, D.C. Mr. 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.
Cecin, Jose Mr. Jose Cecin, Jr., has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of RCN Corporation. He served as Director of RCN Corporation since April 1, 2009. He has over 20 years of leadership and management experience with a strong focus on telecom operations, finance and corporate development during his career. Currently, he is the President and founder of Lumina Advisors, a strategy, operations and corporate development advisory company. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Cecin was Managing Director and Group Head of the Communications Investment Banking practice at BB&T Capital Markets, the investment banking division of BB&T Corporation. In 1999, he co-founded Cambrian Communications, a facilities-based telecommunications service provider, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Cecin was also a founder of Wave International, a financier and builder of telecommunications infrastructure in emerging markets, where from 1996 to 1999 he helped acquire, fund and build out competitive telecommunications infrastructure in Venezuela’s 5 largest cities. Mr. Cecin also previously served as Managing Director of Corporate Development at Bell Atlantic Corporation (now Verizon). Mr. Cecin is currently an independent director of SkyTerra Communications, a satellite services company, and is a director of Arbinet-the Exchange Inc. From 2004 to 2007, he served as a director of NEON Group, Inc., which was acquired by RCN in 2007. He also served as an officer in the United States Army’s 25th Infantry Division. Mr. Cecin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.
Sears, Leslie Ms. Leslie Sears serves as Senior Vice President and Controller of RCN Corporation and has served in that role since May 2006. Prior to joining RCN, Ms. Sears spent over seven years at Gannett, where she held a number of positions of increasing authority within the company’s finance organization, including her most recent position of Assistant Controller. Prior to joining Gannett, Ms. Sears was a Senior Audit Manager with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, LLP where she worked from August 1989 to June 1998. Ms. Sears received her B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Virginia and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Ramani, P. Mr. P.K. Ramani serves as President, RCN Business Services and Senior Vice President of Customer Care and has served in various capacities at RCN since 1999. Prior to serving in his current role, Mr. Ramani was Senior Vice President and General Manager of New York Market from October 2003 to March 2007 and Senior Vice President, Operations Support, with responsibility for managing RCN’s Customer Care and Information Technology groups from June 2001 to October 2003. From May 1999 through June 2001, Mr. Ramani was Senior Vice President of Customer Care. Prior to joining RCN, Mr. Ramani served as Group Vice President, Customer Operations at Primestar, Inc. Mr. Ramani holds an M.B.A. from the New York Institute of Technology.
Ramlall, Richard Mr. Richard Ramlall serves as Senior Vice President, Programming, Strategic and External Affairs of RCN Corporation. Prior to joining RCN in March 2005, Mr. 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, Mr. Ramlall served as Vice President and Managing Director for Strategy, Marketing and International Government Affairs for Bechtel Telecommunications. Prior to that, Mr. Ramlall was Executive Director for International Business Affairs for Bell Atlantic International and spent over 18 years at Bell Atlantic. In 1990, Mr. Ramlall was selected to serve a one year appointment under the Presidential Exchange Executive Program of the White House. Mr. Ramlall holds a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.G.A. (Technology Management) from the University of Maryland.
Alvarez, Felipe Mr. Felipe Alvarez serves as Senior Vice President and President of RCN Metro Optical Networks where he 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, Felipe 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.
Duster, Benjamin Mr. Benjamin Duster IV is Director of RCN Corporation. He owns and manages B. Duster & Company, LLC, a strategic and financial consulting firm located in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a senior advisor at Watermark Advisors LLC, a broker-dealer headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina specializing in providing mergers & acquisitions, private capital financing, valuation, and financial and strategic modeling solutions to middle market, privately-owned businesses. From October 2001 through May 2005, Mr. Duster was a partner at Masson & Company, LLC, an interim and crisis management and financial restructuring firm and has extensive experience in turnaround management and restructuring. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Duster was a Managing Director at Wachovia Securities where he headed the Mergers & Acquisitions advisory business focusing on middle market companies. From 1980 to 1997, Mr. Duster was at Salomon Brothers Inc. where his positions included associate in Salomon’s proprietary Venture Capital Group and later, Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group specializing in bankruptcy reorganizations, financial restructurings and acquisitions of distressed companies. Mr. Duster is a graduate of Yale College, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. He served as Chairman of the Board of Algoma Steel, Inc. from February 2002 through June 2007, and currently serves as a director of Catalyst, Inc. and River Cities Capital Fund as an Advisory Board member.
Tseung, Daniel Mr. Daniel Tseung is Director of RCN Corporation. He currently serves as Managing Director at Sun Hung Kai Properties Direct Investments Ltd., the private equity division of Sun Hang Kai Properties Group, one of Asia’s largest conglomerates, which he joined in 2000 and whose business interests include telecommunications, real estate, financial services and infrastructure. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Tseung worked in the Technology & Communications Group of GE Equity, the private equity arm of GE Capital and from 1993 to 1995, at DE Shaw, a global hedge fund. He also serves as a director of Owens Corning, a Fortune 500 company and world leader in supplying building materials and composite solutions, and Chinacast Education Corporation, a premier educational services provider in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Tseung holds a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and a Master’s Degree from Harvard University.
Levine, Charles Mr. Charles Levine was appointed to the RCN Corporation Board of Directors in July 2008. He is an independent director of technology focused companies and a management consultant. Mr. Levine has developed brands for large businesses, most notably Sprint PCS (now Sprint Nextel) and at AT&T. Mr. Levine began his career at Procter & Gamble Company, where he managed the brands, and General Electric, where he rose to the position of general manager, Home Control Products, Consumer Electronics. He has held senior management positions at CAD Forms Technology and Octel Communications (now part of Lucent). Mr. Levine was named Marketer of the Year in 1999 by MC Magazine and CEO of the year in 2001 by Frost & Sullivan for his notable achievements at Sprint PCS. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Openwave Systems and Sierra Wireless. He also serves on the board of Sagem Wireless in Paris. Mr. Levine holds a master’s degree in business administration (Marketing) from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management-Northwestern University, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Trinity College.
Skrzypczak, Casimir Mr. Casimir S. Skrzypczak is Director of RCN Corporation. Mr. Skrzypczak is the former senior vice president of Customer Advocacy for Cisco Systems. Prior to assuming that position, he was corporate vice president and group president of Professional Services at Telecordia Technologies. Mr. Skrzypczak was formerly president of NYNEX Science & Technology and vice president - Network and Technology Planning. He serves on the board of directors of RF Microdevices (NASDAQ: RFMD) and JDS Uniphase Corporation (NASDAQ: JDSU). He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and a Masters in Operations Research from Hofstra University.
Cellar, Kurt Mr. Kurt M. Cellar is Director of RCN Corporation. Since January 2008, Mr. Cellar he has been a consultant to companies in the telecommunications, retail and insurance industries. He has extensive experience in telecommunications as both an investor and board member. As the lead director in Telcove, fka Adelphia Business Solutions, he was instrumental in the company's turnaround, growth and eventual sale to Level 3 Communications. Mr. Cellar was a partner and portfolio manager with the hedge fund Bay Harbour Management, L.C. from 1999 to 2008. Prior to Bay Harbour, Mr. Cellar was with the private equity firm Remy Investors. Prior to that, he was a strategy consultant at LEK/Alcar. He is currently a director of Penn Traffic Company (Pink Sheets: PTFC) and the Home Buyers Warranty Corporation, a private company. Mr. Cellar has a Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Hillman, Lee --
Aquino, Peter 2,719,100
Sicoli, Michael 1,154,640
Cecin, Jose --
Sears, Leslie --
Ramani, P. 756,345
Ramlall, Richard 662,494
Alvarez, Felipe 689,230
Duster, Benjamin --
Tseung, Daniel --
Levine, Charles --
Skrzypczak, Casimir --
Cellar, Kurt --
As Of 30 Dec 2008

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Hillman, Lee 0 0
Aquino, Peter 370,882 459,894
Sicoli, Michael 150,000 372,000
Cecin, Jose 0 0
Sears, Leslie 0 0
Ramani, P. 112,331 212,080
Ramlall, Richard 0 0
Alvarez, Felipe 0 0
Duster, Benjamin 0 0
Tseung, Daniel 0 0
Levine, Charles 0 0
Skrzypczak, Casimir 0 0
Cellar, Kurt 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
AQUINO PETER D 32,410 $10.85
CECIN JOSE A JR 125,000 $0.00
AQUINO PETER D 25,000 $9.05
TSEUNG DANIEL KAR KEUNG 15,066 $0.00
LEVINE CHARLES E 15,066 $0.00
CECIN JOSE A JR 15,066 $0.00
SICOLI MICHAEL T 119,737 $0.00
HILLMAN LEE S 15,066 $0.00
RAMLALL RICHARD 40,571 $0.00
RAMANI P K 48,027 $0.00
DUSTER BENJAMIN 15,066 $0.00
SEARS LESLIE JEANNE 40,571 $0.00
HILLMAN LEE S 4,935 $0.00
AQUINO PETER D 131,579 $0.00
AQUINO PETER D 315,790 $0.00
KATZENSTEIN MICHAEL E 3,718 $6.23
CECIN JOSE A JR 2,448 $6.21
HILLMAN LEE S 5,505 $6.21
KATZENSTEIN MICHAEL E 4,085 $6.21
DUSTER BENJAMIN 4,961 $6.21
TSEUNG DANIEL KAR KEUNG 4,085 $6.21
HILLMAN LEE S 3,167 $0.00
AQUINO PETER D 1,408 $0.00
SICOLI MICHAEL T 1,074 $0.00
RAMLALL RICHARD 805 $0.00
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