Peter Aquino
Peter D. Aquino has served as our Chairman since inception. Currently, Mr. Aquino serves as Founder and Partner of Mercury Access Group, LLC, a TMT advisory firm, since its inception in January 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Aquino served as Chairman of SeaChange International, Inc. (“SeaChange”) from September 2021 through the completion of the sale of its assets to Enghouse Systems Ltd. in May 2024. SeaChange provides video delivery, software, and advertising solutions to cable operators, telcos, and broadcasters. Mr. Aquino also served as the Chairman and CEO of Internap Corporation (“INAP”), a public data center portfolio company, from September 2016 to May 2020, and led the board through a restructuring that ultimately resulted in a go-private transaction. Prior to INAP, Mr. Aquino was the Chairman and CEO of Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. (“PTGI”) from October 2010 to April 2013 and expanded PTGI beyond its telecom and broadband properties to include metro fiber, and data center assets globally. During his time at PTGI, Mr. Aquino executed multiple international asset sale transactions to optimize shareholder value. Mr. Aquino founded Broad Valley Capital, LLC in 2013, which constructed an advanced wi-fi network at Dover International Speedway, and one of the first muni-fiber rings in Georgetown, Delaware, and through which he continues to serve as an investor and advisor. Mr. Aquino began his career at Bell Atlantic Corp. (now Verizon) in 1983 and later joined Veninfotel, LLC (now NetUno) in 1995, to form early hybrid fiber-coaxial and commercial fiber networks throughout numerous cities in Venezuela. Mr. Aquino has served on several public boards that led to successful exit transactions, including Lumos Networks, TIVO Inc., Alaska Communications Group, Inc., and Fairpoint Communications, Inc.
Mr. Aquino served on the board of NextNav, Inc. after the combination with Spartacus Acquisition Corporation in October 2021 until May 2024. Mr. Aquino also served as chairman of the board of directors of the United Way U.S.A. from 2012 to 2015, a $3 billion private charity. Mr. Aquino earned a Master’s in Business Administration from George Washington University in D.C. and a Bachelor of Science from Montclair State University, New Jersey.