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Mike Adams
Executive Vice President and COO
Rogers Cable Communications Inc.

Michael Adams joined Rogers in 2004 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Rogers Cable. Mr. Adams is responsible for Cable and Telecom, Engineering, Network, Customer and Field Operations. Michael is also responsible for Technical Customer Care, Number Portability, Warehousing and Logistics for Rogers Wireless, Cable and Telecom companies.

Mr. Adams joined Rogers Cable from RCN Corporation, in Princeton, New Jersey, where he held a number of positions, including President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Network Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to RCN, Michael held positions at Commonwealth Telephone, McCourt Kiewit International and Metropolitan Fiber Systems.

Prior to joining Rogers, Michael was on the Board of Directors for Commonwealth Telephone, RCN and Megacable.

He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) and Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). He received his Bachelor of Science with Honours in Engineering at Northeastern University and his Master of Science in Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.