Rocco B. Commisso has 46 years of experience with the cable industry and has served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since founding MCC in July 1995. From 1986 to 1995, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Cablevision Industries Corporation. Prior to that time, Mr. Commisso served as Senior Vice President of Royal Bank of Canada’s affiliate in the United States from 1981, where he founded and directed a specialized lending group to media and communications companies. Mr. Commisso began his association with the cable industry in 1978 at The Chase Manhattan Bank, where he managed the bank’s lending activities to communications firms, including the cable industry. Mr. Commisso previously served on the boards of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., C-SPAN and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. He has been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame and the Cable Center Hall of Fame and received the Vanguard Award for Distinguished Leadership, the cable industry’s highest honor. Since June 2019, Mr. Commisso has served as President of ACF Fiorentina, a Florence-based soccer club playing in the first division Serie A league in Italy. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.
Tapan Dandnaik has 24 years of experience in the cable industry and has served as our Senior Vice President, Operations, Product Strategy and Consumer Experience since May 2023. Prior to that time, he was our Senior Vice President, Customer & Financial Operations since July 2008, our Group Vice President, Financial Operations since July 2007 and our Vice President, Financial Operations since May 2005. Before joining MCC, Mr. Dandnaik served as Director of Corporate Initiatives, Manager of Corporate Finance and as a Financial Analyst for RCN from July 2000 to April 2005. Prior to that time, Mr. Dandnaik served as a Product Engineer for Ingersoll-Rand in India. Mr. Dandnaik was the recipient of the National Cable & Telecommunication Association’s Vanguard Award for Young Leadership in 2012 and serves on The Cable Center Customer Care Committee.
Jack P. Griffin has 17 years of experience in the cable industry and has served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since October 2024. Prior to that time, he was our Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer from July 2022, our Group Vice President, Finance from July 2018, our Vice President, Finance from July 2015, and held various other management positions since joining MCC in September 2007.
Thomas J. Larsen has 23 years of experience in the cable industry and has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since March 2025. Prior to that time, he was our Senior Vice President, Government and Public Relations starting in July 2015, Group Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs starting in July 2010, and our Vice President, Legal and Public Affairs starting in August 2006. Prior to joining MCC, Mr. Larsen worked as Vice President, Law and Public Policy for Adelphia Communications Corporation’s Western Region. He serves on the board of directors of ACA Connects and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation.
Peter Lyons has 18 years of experience in the cable industry and has served as our Senior Vice President, Information Technology since July 2015. Prior to that time, he was our Group Vice President, Information Technology from July 2010, our Vice President, Information Technology since March 2007. Before joining MCC in 2007, Mr. Lyons held various senior technology leadership positions at The College Board and Video Update and has 22 years of experience in education and retail businesses.
JR Walden has 29 years of experience in the cable industry and 35 years of experience in Internet and Telecommunications technology and has served as our Senior Vice President, Technology since February 2008. Prior to that time, he was our Group Vice President, IP Services from July 2004, our Vice President, IP Services from July 2003, our Senior Director of IP Services from July 2002 and our IP Services Director from October 1998. Before joining MCC in 1998, Mr. Walden worked in the defense research industry holding various positions with the Department of Defense, Comarco and Science Applications International Corporation.