The Presidents' Forum
September 22, 2004

Arunas Chesonis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
PAETEC Communications

Speaker Biography:
Arunas A. Chesonis serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PAETEC Corp., and its subsidiary PAETEC Communications, Inc. PAETEC is a communications solutions provider offering broadband services, including advanced voice and video, enhanced data, and communications management services to medium-sized and large businesses, colleges and universities, hospitals, governmental organizations, and financial institutions. With corporate headquarters in Rochester, NY, Voorhees, NJ, and Irvine, CA, PAETEC serves customers in 27 markets and currently has over 1,100 employees.

Mr. Chesonis began his career at Rochester Telephone Corporation, now Citizens Communications Company. He went on to serve as President of ACC Corp., the parent company for all ACC-owned operations in the United States, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, from February 1994 until April 1998, and was elected to its Board of Directors in October 1994.

Within five years of founding PAETEC in May 1998, Mr. Chesonis led the company to achieve the number two ranking in the 2003 Deloitte Fast 500 list of the fastest-growing public and private technology companies in North America. In the spring of 2004, Mr. Chesonis and PAETEC were presented with the Phoenix Award, awarded by The Blackstone Group to recognize PAETEC for its outstanding growth amidst a turbulent downturn period in the telecommunications industry. In 2001, he was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Mr. Chesonis holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Rochester. A frequent guest speaker at high-profile industry forums and business events, he was the subject of a lengthy feature article in the February 2004 issue of INC. Magazine.

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