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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$66.4M
  • Private
  • US
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RCN Metro Optical Networks is unique among facilities-based bandwidth providers for our diverse network in one of the most valuable telecommunications markets in the world. Our dense build network, with more than 200 Points of Presence (POPs), provides customers quick, cost-effective, and comprehensive connectivity to critical communications facilities and enterprise locations throughout our footprint. That's why wireless carriers, long distance carriers, enterprise customers, competitive local exchange companies (CLECs), Internet service providers (ISPs), and cable television operators choose RCN Metro Optical Networks. The RCN Metro Optical Networks' Network: A Well-Traveled Route. RCN Metro Optical Networks has been deploying its network since 1994 throughout the nation's busiest telecommunications corridor more quickly, easily, and cost-effectively than our competition. The 12-state, $300-billion market encompasses 25 percent of the nation's communications market and extends from New England, New York City, and the north Atlantic coast to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and into Virginia. Our customers leverage the RCN Metro Optical Networks' network to reacRCN Metro Optical Networksh more than 500,000 businesses and 18 million households in the dense Northeast and mid-Atlantic market. Our high-capacity Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), over geographically diverse fiber routes, provides a cost-effective, fully redundant bandwidth solution for our customers...

Chief Operating Officer
Kurt Van
Number of Employees 330
Contact Information

2200 W Park Dr

Westborough, Massachusetts 01581

www.neoninc.com

(508) 616-7800

NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511

Recent Events

  • RCN Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

    11/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • RCN Metro Optical Networks to Provide Lombardi & Co. Inc. With Dedicated Internet Service on...

    10/20/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • OpenCape selects RCN Metro to build and operate fiber network

    7/27/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • RCN Metro to build and operate fiber-optic network for OpenCape

    7/23/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Kurt Van Chief Operating Officer
Paul Eskildsen Chief Legal Officer
James J. Capuano Vice President, Carrier Operations
Maura Mahoney Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Russ Kohn Vice President, Enterprise Operations
Theresa Ford Vice President, Enterprise Sales
Tom Welsh Vice President, Network Engineering & Technology
Terri Ford National Carrier
John H. Forsgren Director
Raymond L. Steele Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Pete Stevenson Board of Directors
Steven Lampe Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Chief Operating Officer Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks President Former
Verizon Communications Inc. Director of Consumer Sales and Service Former
NYNEX Director of Marketing Strategy Former
NYNEX Director of New Business Development Former
Harvard Business School M.B.A. Former
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute B.S. Former

Paul Eskildsen is RCN Metro Optical Networks' Vice President and General Counsel. He is the chief legal officer for RCN Business Solutions and also provides legal and transactional support for other RCN company initiatives. Prior to joining RCN, he was Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of MCI, where he led and managed MCI's legal support for customer contracting, marketing, product development, network and technology law, procurement, government contracts, intellectual property, advertising, real estate and international law. He also played a leadership role in MCI's M&A activities, including its merger with Verizon, and led MCI's merger approval efforts at the Department of Justice and the EU. Paul joined MCI in 1988 after spending several years in private law practice at a large DC law firm, and worked at MCI in various positions of increasing responsibility for over 18 years. Paul is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia School of Law.

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Chief Legal Officer Current
RCN Business Solutions Vice President & General Counsel Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks General Counsel & Vice President Current
RCN Business Solutions General Counsel Former
The University of North Carolina Former
University of Virginia School of Law Former

James Capuano is Vice President of Operations for NEON. He joined the company in March 1999 and has ensured the business delivers operational excellence to NEON's high profile customer base. In his current role, Mr. Capuano also has responsibility for NEON's network control center, customer care, field operations, IS/IT, provisioning, change management, and quality assurance. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Capuano held positions at MCI, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force/National Guard.

Organization Position Status
Neon, Inc Vice President of Operations Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks Vice President, Carrier Operations Current
RCN Business Solutions Vice President, Engineering & Operations Current
Neon, Inc Department of Defense Former
United States Air Force Former

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Vice President, Sales & Marketing Current
RCN Business Solutions Vice President, Marketing Current
Boston University M.B.A. Former
Waltham Corporation B.S. Degree In Finance Former
Bentley College B.S. Degree In Finance Former

Organization Position Status
RCN Business Solutions Vice President of Marketing and Sales Operations Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks Vice President, Enterprise Operations Current
RCN Corporation Current
Pitney Bowes Inc. Chief Technologist Former
Pitney Bowes Inc. Vice President Former
RCN Business Solutions Executive Director Former
Product Development Corporation Managing Director Former
Con Edison Communications, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Vice President, Enterprise Sales Current

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Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Vice President, Network Engineering & Technology Current
The Flag Company, Inc. Former
New York University MBA Former

Terri Ford oversees the sales growth of the National Carrier/Wholesale channel, the Enterprise Businesses in New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania and the Federal/Local Government Market. She has an extensive and broad-based skill set having held various executive positions in the telecommunications industry over the last 20 years; from among sales, sales management, operations, business development/management, marketing, field support and finance. Terri started her communications career with Western Union where she led various marketing initiatives for the financial services industry. She then went on to MCI and over the course of 15 years there took positions of increasing responsibility and scope ranging from branch management of a sales organization, to product management, to global outsourcing to a Chief of Staff position to Director of Sales and Operations. Terri spent three years at Con Ed Communications prior to joining RCN Metro Optical Networks. Terri holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/Finance from Lehigh University.

Organization Position Status
RCN Business Solutions Vice President of Sales Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks National Carrier Current
RCN Business Solutions National Carrier Former
Lehigh University Bachelor of Science In Business Administration, Finance Former

Organization Position Status
CuraGen Corporation Chairman Current
Northeast Utilities Vice Chairman Current
The Regents Board of Directors Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks Director Current
The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Director Current
Northeast Utilities Cfo Former
Northeast Utilities Executive Vice President Former
University of Geneva M.S. Former
Columbia University M.B.A. Former
Georgetown University Bachelor of Arts Degree In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Board of Directors Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks CEO Former

Organization Position Status
Horizon Offshore, Inc. Principal Accountant Fees and Services Current
Terrestar Corporation Chairman of Motient Current
RCN Metro Optical Networks Director Current
Motient Corporation Board of Directors Current
Horizon Offshore, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Webcraft Technologies Chief Executive Officer Former
Provident Bank Chief Investment Officer Former
Provident Bank Vice President Former
Provident Bank Trust Officer Former
Dualstar Technologies Corporation member Former
Webcraft Technologies Chairman of the Board Former
Modernfold, Inc. Director Former
Video Services Board Member Former
Dualstar Technologies Corporation Board of Directors Former
Emerson Radio Corp. Director Former

Organization Position Status
RCN Metro Optical Networks Board of Directors Current
Smith Management Co., Inc. Former
Middlebury College Bachelor of Arts Degree Former

Executive News

  • Duke Energy Names Two New Directors

    Reuters - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Duke Energy adds 2 board members

    Washington Post - 8/25/09 - View Story

  • Duke Energy Names Two New Directors

    PR Newswire - 8/25/09 - View Story

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