Arunas Chesonis Explained

Arunas A. Chesonis
Birth Date:	14 June 1966
Education:	University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business AdministrationHonorary Doctorate of Laws2004University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business AdministrationMasters, Business Administration1991Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Civil Engineering1984
Occupation:	Chief executive officer President, Director, Chairman of the Board

Arunas A. Chesonis is Chairman of the Board and CEO of Sweetwater Energy, a Rochester, New York renewable energy company. His appointment was announced on December 16, 2011.^[1] Chesonis previously served as the chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer of PAETEC Corp. since May 1998, when he founded the company.^[2] In 2011, Chesonis sold PAETEC to Windstream Communications for $2.3 billion.^[3]

Arunas Chesonis is a civil engineering graduate of MIT and holds an M.B.A. from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester. He sits on the board of the MIT School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council (DAC).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Sweetwater Energy Names Arunas Chesonis CEO sweetwater.us
2. Arunas A. Chesonis forbes.com
3. http://news.windstream.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=1349 Windstream completes acquisition of Paetec
4. https://engineering.mit.edu/about/leadership/deans-advisory-council/ "MIT School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council"; Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council. Accessed Sept. 11, 2019.