Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 1999
JAMES P. RIGAS serves as Executive vice President of Strategic Planning
at Adelphia. He joined Adelphia in 1986 after serving for two years as a
consultant with Bain & Co., a management consulting firm. A high honor
student and standout athlete in high school. Mr. Rigas graduated from
Harvard University (magna cum laude) in 1980 and received a Juris Doctor
degree and a Master's degree in Economics from Stanford University in
1984. While serving in a management role for engineering, marketing,
customer service and other aspects of Adelphia's business, he has also
spearheaded the company's expansion into new lines of business. He is
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hyperion
Telecommunications Inc. and Adelphia subsidiary that has become a
leading competitive local exchange carrier. He has also been
instrumental in the development of Adelphia's Power Link (Internet
access). Digital Cable, and PageTime (personal paging) services, as well
as other products that have established Adelphia as a full-service
telecommunications provider. Mr. Rigas and his wife, Dr. Mary Ann Rigas
a pediatrician, are the parents of three children. Christopher, Paul,
John Michael, and Andrew James. Profile
history, services, customers, those kinds of things?
Mr. Rigas: Hyperion started in business about seven years
