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Market Cap:$323.3M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$520.3M
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

GCI (Nasdaq: GNCMA) is an Alaska-based company providing voice, video and data communication services to residential, commercial and government customers. Founded in 1979, GCI introduced long-distance competition to Alaska and has since grown to be one of the nation's premier integrated telecommunication providers. The company employs 1,250 Alaskans and has a current run rate of $440 million. GCI has a 45 percent share of the state's long-distance market, and is the state's largest provider of Internet services with dial-up, cable modem, wireless, digital subscriber line (DSL) and dedicated access. Its cable television services pass 90 percent of the state's households with 65 percent penetration. Digital cable and cable modem service is available to 90 percent of its subscribers. The company offers facilities-based local telephone services in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau, and has obtained a 20 percent statewide market share. GCI's services are connected through company-owned fiber optic, satellite and metropolitan area network facilities to the lower 48 states. This broadband platform is the only one of its kind in Alaska and allows the company to provide customized services to the Alaska market.

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ronald A. Duncan
Number of Employees 1,628
Contact Information

2550 Denali St Ste 1000

Anchorage, Alaska 99503-2751

gci.com

(907) 265-5600

NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110

Recent Events

  • General Communication Q3 Profit Rises - Quick Facts

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • GCI Extends Network Capacity with Harmonic's SUPRALink' 1550 nm DWDM Solution

    10/29/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • BRIEF-Moody's rates GCI's new senior notes B2

    10/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ronald A. Duncan President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Alfred J. Walker Vice President & Cao
Daniel J. Pike CTO, Cable & Entertainment
John M. Lowber Chief Financial Officer
Lynda L Tarbath Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President
Paul Landes CMO, Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Dana L. Tindall Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory & Governmental Affairs
Gregory F Chapados Senior Vice Presidentfederal Affairs and Business Development
Richard Dowling Senior Vice President, Corp Dev
William C. Behnke Senior Vice President
Bruce Broquet Vice President, Finance
Gina Borland Vice President, Product Managementvoice and Messaging
Greg Pearce Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Services
Martin E Cary Vice Presidentgeneral Manager, Managed Broadband Services
Natalie W. Blaylock Vice President General Manager, Network Access Services
Terry Nidiffer Vice President, Product Managementdata and Entertainment
Richard Westlund Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network Access Services
Wilson Hughes Executive Vice President & General Manager
Robert B Flint General Counsel

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Stephen M. Brett Chairman, Director
James M. Schneider Chair
Donne F. Fisher Board of Directors
Jerry A. Edgerton Board of Directors
Mark Kroloff Board of Directors
Michael Fisher Scott Board of Directors
Scott M. Fisher Board of Directors
Stephen A. Reinstadtler Board of Directors
Stephen R. Mooney Board of Directors
William P. Glasgow Board of Directors

Ronald Duncan is one of the founders of GCI and has been president and CEO since 1989. He previously served GCI as executive vice president. Duncan serves on the Board of Directors of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. He is past chairman of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and the Alaska Science and Technology Foundation. Prior to starting GCI, Duncan founded and was president of an Alaska-based cable television company and was a partner at a management and economic consulting firm. He also has served as an assistant project director at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Metropolitan Planning and Research. Duncan received a Bachelor's degree in economics from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director Current
General Communication, Inc. President, CEO and Co-Founder Current
GCI Cable, Inc. President Former
General Communication, Inc. Principal Executive Officer Current
National Business Aviation Association, Inc Board of Directors Current
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current
General Communication, Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Global Chem International Inc. executive vice president Former
Technology Foundation Chairman Former
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Chairman Former
Harvard Business School Master's of Business Administration Former
The Johns Hopkins University Bachelor's Degree In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice President & Cao Current
General Communication, Inc. Director Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. CTO, Cable & Entertainment Current

John Lowber has been the senior vice president and chief financial officer of the company since December, 1989. Prior to that, Lowber was vice president, administration for the company from 1985 to December 1989. He has been chief financial officer for the company since January 1987 and secretary/treasurer of the company since July, 1988. Prior to joining the company, Lowber was a senior manager at KPMG Peat Marwick.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
KPMG International senior manager Former
General Communication, Inc. Treasurer Former
General Communication, Inc. Officer, Secretary and Treasurer Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President Current
General Communication, Inc. Officer Former

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. CMO, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current
Consumer Services General Manager Current
The Ohio State University Professional Education Former

Dana Tindall has been senior vice president of regulatory affairs for GCI since mid-1993 and was previously GCI's vice president of regulatory affairs, director of regulatory affairs, manager of regulatory affairs and economist. Tindall is responsible for the development and direction of the company's corporate regulatory and political policies. Tindall has served as an adjunct professor of regulatory economics at Alaska Pacific University. She is a past board member of both the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and the Alaska Council on Economic Education. Previous to GCI, Tindall held the position of rate economist at Pacific Gas & Electric Company and research assistant at the University of Michigan Investment Office. Tindall received her bachelor's degree in economics and masters degree in public policy from the University of Michigan.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Senior Vice President, Legal & Regulatory & Governmental Affairs Current
Global Chem International Inc. senior vice president Former
General Communication, Inc. Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Former
Alaska Pacific University Adjunct Professor of Regulatory Economics Former
Pacific Gas and Electric Company rate economist Former
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Board Member Former
University of Michigan Masters Degree In Public Policy Former
University of Michigan Bachelor's Degree In Economics Former

Gregory F. Chapados. Mr. Chapados has served as our Senior Vice President Federal Affairs & Business Development since June 2006. Prior to that Mr. Chapados was the Managing Director of Integrated Strategies Initiatives LLC from August 2004 to May 2006. Integrated Strategies was at the time a boutique investment bank serving middle-market companies in defense and other areas of federal contracting. Prior to that Mr. Chapados was the Managing Director of the investment bank, Hoak Breedlove Wesneski & Co. from February 1995 to July 2004.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Senior Vice Presidentfederal Affairs and Business Development Current
Crown Media Limited Senior Vice President, New Business Development Former
Information.Com Board of Directors Former

Richard Dowling has served as GCI's senior vice president of corporate development since early 1991. Previously, Dowling served as vice president of engineering and operations, in charge of GCI's general technical and operational management, with responsibilities for system development, quality of service, system integrity and the development of new cost saving strategies. Before joining GCI in 1981, Dowling was the principal advisor on Telecommunications Policy to the Governor of Alaska. Prior to that, he was the deputy director and chief engineer of the Alaska Office of Telecommunications.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Senior Vice President, Corp Dev Current
Global Chem International Inc. senior vice president of corporate Former

William "Bill" Behnke served as president of GCI Network Systems since it was acquired by GCI in 1989. In October 1993, the sales and marketing departments of GCI and GCI Network Systems were consolidated and Behnke was named senior vice president of the new sales and marketing department. Prior to that, Behnke was a senior vice president and manager of marketing and sales for Transalaska Data Systems, before it was acquired by GCI and renamed GCI Network Systems. Behnke received his bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration from the University of Wisconsin.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Senior Vice President Current
General Communication, Inc. President Former
Global Chem International Inc. Former
University of Wisconsin Master's Degrees In Business Administration Former
University of Wisconsin Bachelor's Former

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current

Gina R. Borland. Ms. Borland has served as our Vice President, Product Management Voice and Messaging since September 2005. Prior to that, she had served as our Vice President-General Manager, Local Services beginning in January 2001. Prior to that, she was a member of our Corporate Development Department serving in various capacities generally involving business development from September 1996 through December 2000.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice President, Product Managementvoice and Messaging Current
Local Services Vice President, General Manager Former

Greg has been with GCI since November of 1990 and has served as the Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Services since September of 2005. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Long Distance Products for seven years and spent his initial seven years with GCI as the Director of Program Management.

Organization Position Status
Commercial Services Inc. Vice President Current
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Services, Gci Current
General Communication, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Commercial Services Current
Commercial Services Inc. General Manager Current
Anchorage Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice Presidentgeneral Manager, Managed Broadband Services Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice President General Manager, Network Access Services Current

Terry J. Nidiffer. Mr. Nidiffer has served as our Vice President, Product Management Data and Entertainment since September 2005. Prior to that, he served as our Vice President General Manager, Internet Services beginning in February 2000.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Vice President, Product Managementdata and Entertainment Current

Organization Position Status
Network Access Services, Inc. General Manager Current
General Communication, Inc. Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network Access Services Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Executive Vice President & General Manager Current
Global Chem International Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former
University of Alaska master's in science and engineering management Former
Missouri University of Science and Technology bachelor's degree in electrical engineering Former

Stephen M. Brett. Mr. Brett has served as Chairman of our board since June 2005 and as a director on our board since January 2001. He has been of counsel to Sherman and Howard, a law firm, since January 2001. He served as Senior Executive Vice President for AT&T Broadband from March 1999 to April 2000. His present term as a director on our board expires in 2009.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Chairman, Director Current
General Communication, Inc. Director Former

Organization Position Status
Hartig Rhodes Hoge & Lekisch Sales Executive Current
General Communication, Inc. General Counsel Current
Georgetown University B.A. Former

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Chair Current
Gap Inc. Board of Directors Current
Lockheed Martin Corporation Board of Directors Current
Dell Inc. CFO & Senior Vice President Former

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current
General Communication, Inc. Chairman Former

Jerry A. Edgerton. Mr. Edgerton has served as a director on our board since June 2004. From April 2007 to the present, Mr. Edgerton has served as an advisor on matters affecting the telecommunications industry as well as the U.S. government. Prior to that from January 2006 to April 2007, he served as Group President of Verizon Federal. Prior to that, he had since November 1996 served as Senior Vice President Government Markets for MCI Communications Corporation, an affiliate of MCI (later acquired by Verizon). His present term as a director on our board expires in 2008.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Scott M. Fisher. Nominee. Mr. Fisher was appointed to our board in December 2005 to fill a vacancy caused by the retirement of his father (Donne F. Fisher) as former Chairman and a board member. He has since 1998 been a partner of Fisher Capital Partners, Ltd., a private equity and real estate investment company located in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that from June 1990 to April 1998, he was Vice President at The Bank of New York and BNY Capital Resources Corporation, an affiliate of The Bank of New York, where he worked in the corporate lending and commercial leasing departments. In 2006 Mr. Fisher temporarily served on our Audit Committee while Mr. Mooney recuperated from major surgery. His present term as director on our board expires in 2007.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Stephen R. Mooney . Mr. Mooney has served as a director on our board since January 1999. Since February 2008, Mr. Mooney has served as Vice President, Business Development for Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., a global IT and business process outsourcing company. From October 2007 to January 2008, he served as a consultant with Allied Capital Corp., a business development company specializing in private finance and investments. From January 2006 to September 2007, he served as Executive Director, Business Development of VerizonBusiness, a unit of Verizon Communication, Inc. Prior to that, he had served as Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasury Services at MCI beginning in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he was Vice President of WorldCom Ventures Fund, Inc. His present term as a director on our board expires in 2009.

Organization Position Status
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Vice President, Business Development Current
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Allied Capital Corporation Consultant Former

William P. Glasgow. Nominee. Mr. Glasgow has served as a director on our board since 1996. From 2005 to the present, Mr. Glasgow has been Chief Executive Officer of AmericanWay Education. From 1999 to December 2004, he was President/CEO of Security Broadband Corp. From 2000 to the present Mr. Glasgow has been President of Diamond Ventures, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company and sole general partner of Prime II Management, L.P., and Prime II Investments, L.P., both of which are Delaware limited partnerships. Since 1996, he has been President of Prime II Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which was formerly the sole general partner of Prime II Management, L.P. His present term as a director on our board expires in 2007.

Organization Position Status
General Communication, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Executive News

  • Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results -Consolidated revenue of $148.8 million-Adjusted EBITDA of $51.2 million-Net income of $2.6 million or $0.05 per diluted share

    Broadcast Newsroom - 8/13/09 - View Story

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     GNCMA $6.23 -0.19 (-2.96% )
Average Volume 131,921
Shares Outstanding 49.82M
Market Cap 310.4M
Year High 8.76
Year Low 3.76
Earnings Per Share -0.03
P/E Ratio -207.67
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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