RCN Corp. / RCNI
RCN’s Network Operations Center in Lanham, Md. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)
About RCN Corp.
196 Van Buren St., Herndon, Va. 20170
www.rcn.com
| 703-434-8200
| Founded: 1996
Industry: Telecommunications | Category: Top 100 Companies
RCN is a fiber-optic telephone, cable television and Internet bundler for residences and small businesses, competing against companies such as Verizon and its Fios service. RCN has more than 421,000 customers in the Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York and Boston metropolitan markets. The company paid $255 million for Neon, a bandwidth-supply company, last year while selling its San Francisco assets. It expanded its operations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Washington.
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 1,600 | Local employees: 250Company Leadership
| Peter Aquino | Chief Executive Officer, President, Director |
| Benjamin C. Duster IV | Director |
| Lee S. Hillman | Director |
| Michael Katzenstein | Chairman |
| Theodore H. Schell | Director |
| Daniel K. Tseung | Director |
Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..
Did You Know
FIRST JOB: After graduating from Georgetown University, future RCN founder David C. McCourt was a probation officer's aide.
