Arunas is the chairman and CEO of Sweetwater Energy, a Rochester-based biofuel, bioplastic, and biochemical technology company whose comprehensive intellectual property portfolio enables the production of low-cost sugars and clean lignin fiber from non-food plant material for use in the creation of alcohols, industrial acids, plastics, pollution control media, and products for food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Prior to joining Sweetwater as CEO in 2011, Mr. Chesonis was chairman and CEO of Perinton, NY-based PAETEC Holding Corporation, a telecommunications company that he founded in 1998. Arunas served on the RIT Board of Trustees from 2005 - 2010.