Peter Aquino ~ Chair, US Nominating Committee

Executive Chairman

Peter D. Aquino is currently the Executive Chairman of Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. (NYSE: PTGi), primarily a Canadian and U.S. based Telecom provider and datacenter holdings Company. Mr. Aquino recently served as Chairman, President and CEO of PTGi from October 2010 to December 2012, leading the turnaround and refocus on North American Telecom.

Prior, Mr. Aquino was President and CEO of RCN Corporation from December 2004 to August 2010. Under Mr. Aquino’s leadership, RCN was built into an all-digital HDTV cable MSO in five major cities, launched one of the first TiVo/MSO partnerships, and created an advanced fiber-based Commercial network through organic and acquisition strategies. Mr. Aquino led the company from emergence of bankruptcy to an ultimate sale in 2010. Prior to joining RCN, Mr. Aquino was Senior Managing Director of Communications Technology Advisors LLC, focused on restructuring telecom and media companies from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Aquino was the COO of Veninfotel LLC, one of the first Triple Play companies in Latin America - designing, building, and operating an integrated cable TV and CLEC throughout nine major cities in Venezuela from 1995 and 2000. Mr. Aquino began his career at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in 1983 and has more than 25 years of telecom and cable operating experience.

Mr. Aquino currently serves as a director of PTGi, TiVo, and is the Chairman Elect of the United Way U.S.A. Board of Trustees (effective April 18, 2013). Mr. Aquino is a graduate of Montclair State College and has an MBA from George Washington University.