Cox Promotes Brennan to COO

ATLANTA -- Leo W. Brennan has been appointed to Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Cox Communications Inc. effective January 1, 2009, according to Patrick J. Esser, President.

In his new role, Brennan will be responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations and ensuring companywide alignment with competitive strategies to enhance marketplace execution and grow the company’s 6.2 million residential and commercial customers. Brennan will be responsible for leadership of Field Operations, Field Services, Customer Care, Marketing, Public Affairs, Cox Business and Cox Media.

Most immediately, Brennan was the senior vice president and general manager of the Cox Communications’ Las Vegas system since 2005. In that position, Brennan was responsible for all Las Vegas system operations serving over 430,000 customers. Before assuming leadership of the Las Vegas system, Brennan served as general manager of Cox’s Orange County, CA., system for nearly 15 years where he oversaw the launch of the cable industry’s first triple play bundle of digital video, data and telephony service over a single network platform.

In making the announcement, Esser said, “Leo will play a key role in helping us to position the company for continued marketplace success. A business and industry veteran, Leo brings a unique set of leadership skills, experiences and a successful track-record to this role that we will leverage across the entire company. His passion and extraordinary leadership skills are exactly what we need to help us remain competitive in the marketplace.”

Cox Communications Inc.