Cox Communications Middle Georgia

Citing Growth, Cox Business Expands Executive Sales Team

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Macon, GA – Cox Business announced today the expansion of its executive sales team to include the addition of a new Commercial Operations Manager (George Forbes), Major Account Manager (Laura McMaster) and Outside Sales Representative (Honey Miscall).

“Since 2000, our business has grown tremendously,” said Dan Slagle, Vice-President Cox Business. “For this reason, we have recruited three extremely bright executives in an effort to meet our commercial customers’ growing needs and expectations.”

As Commercial Operations Manager, Forbes will oversee order entry, repair and installation, engineering and special projects. Prior to Cox Business, he served as General Manager of Grubb & Ellis Management Services and was a founding member and Vice President of Operations of Access Integrated Networks. He received his BA from North Georgia College.   

As a Major Account Manager, McMaster will develop, grow and maintain Cox Business’ partnerships with new and existing major accounts. Prior to Cox, she was a Major Account Manager with BellSouth and a co-founder and Director of Marketing and Community Relations with Access Integrated Networks. She serves on the Board of Directors of Hay House and Leadership Macon and is a Past President of the Junior League of Macon. She received her BA from the University of Louisville. 

As an Outside Sales Representative, Miscall will develop and maintain business accounts in the Middle Georgia market. A former Account Executive with Cox Media, she is a member of the Junior League of Macon and Daughters of the Revolution. She attended Mercer University.   

Cox Business provides voice, data and video services for nearly 250,000 small and regional businesses, including health care providers, K-12 and higher education, financial institutions and federal, state and local government organizations. According to Vertical Systems Group, Cox Business is the fourth largest provider of business Ethernet services in the U.S. based on customer ports. Cox is the currently the seventh largest voice service provider in the U.S. and supports more than 650,000 business phone lines. For more information about Cox Business, call 784-5131.

About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with 6.2 million total residential and commercial customers. The third-largest cable television company in the United States, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network. Cox Business is a full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and video transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotional opportunities and production services. Cox Communications wholly owns and operates the Travel Channel. More information about the services of Cox Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, is available at www.cox.com, www.coxbusiness.com, and www.coxmedia.com.

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Media Contact:
Mary Bowman Huff
Community/PR Manager
mary.huff@cox.com I 478.314.3528