Alaska Communications Appoints Peter D. Aquino to Its Board of Directors
February 20 2019 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALSK), the
leading provider of advanced broadband and managed IT services for
businesses and consumers in Alaska, will appoint Peter D. Aquino,
an industry veteran, to the board effective March 18, 2019. An
independent director, Mr. Aquino will expand the board to nine
members.
“We are pleased to welcome Pete to our Board. With over 35 years
of experience in the telecommunications industry, including very
recent board-level experience in driving shareholder value, Pete
brings additional strength to our Board. We would like to thank
Aegis Financial, our largest shareholder, for the introduction,”
said Ned Hayes, Alaska Communications’ Chairman of the Board.
Peter D. Aquino
Peter D. Aquino is President, Chief Executive Officer, and
Director of Internap Corporation (INAP). Mr. Aquino has a track
record of successfully guiding major expansion efforts,
turnarounds, and strategic partnerships and transactions at both
public and private companies.
Prior to assuming his role at INAP, from 2010 until 2013, Mr.
Aquino served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and later as
Executive Chairman, of Primus Telecommunications Group,
Incorporated (PTGi). Under his leadership, PTGi grew into an
integrated telecommunications company serving consumer and business
customers with voice, data, high-capacity fiber and data center
services globally. From 2004 until 2010, Mr. Aquino was the
President and Chief Executive Officer of RCN Corporation where he
built the company into an all-digital HDTV cable multiple system
operator and created an advanced Metro-fiber network through
organic and acquisition strategies. Mr. Aquino began his career at
Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) in 1983.
Mr. Aquino recently served on the board of directors of Lumos
Networks (Nasdaq: LMOS) and FairPoint Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:
FRP), prior to both being sold in 2017.
Mr. Aquino holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Montclair State
University in New Jersey, and an M.B.A. from George Washington
University in Washington, D.C.
About Alaska Communications
Alaska Communications (NASDAQ: ALSK) is the leading provider of
advanced broadband and managed IT services for businesses and
consumers in Alaska. The company operates a highly reliable,
advanced statewide data network with the latest technology and the
most diverse undersea fiber optic system connecting Alaska to the
contiguous U.S. For more information, visit
www.alaskacommunications.com or www.alsk.com.
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