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Donald R. Shassian joined Citizens Communications Company on April 17, 2006 as Chief Financial Officer.
Beginning in 2001, Mr. Shassian provided M&A consulting to several communications companies including AT&T Inc. (formerly SBC Communications) and Consolidated Communications Inc. He most recently served as the CFO for the Northeast region of Health Net, Inc., a managed healthcare company.
In 1999 and 2000, Mr. Shassian was with RSL Communications, Ltd., a $1.6 billion international voice and data communications provider in 22 countries. He joined RSL in 1999 as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer.
Prior to 1999, Mr. Shassian was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. (SNET), which was a provider of communications, information and entertainment services in southern New England, with more than $2 billion in revenues and 10,000 employees. He was responsible for the successful negotiation, sale and integration of SNET into SBC Communications in 1998.
Prior to joining SNET in December 1993, Mr. Shassian was with Arthur Andersen for more than 16 years. His last position there was as the Partner-in-Charge of the Telecommunications Industry Practice in North America.
A graduate of Bucknell University with a B.S. in business administration, Mr. Shassian is also a C.P.A. | 