Cox Business Hires Thomas Watkins as New Director of Sales

Cox Business Hires Thomas Watkins as New Director of Sales

CHESAPEAKE, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications of Hampton Roads announces the hiring of Thomas W. Watkins as its new Director of Sales for Cox Business.

With expertise in directing regional sales and marketing operations, Watkins will lead the Cox Business sales team to promote Cox business solutions for voice, internet and video for small, medium and large businesses. He also will promote Cox Business products to educational, government and other specific markets in Hampton Roads. In addition to these roles, Watkins also will develop strategies and processes that support Cox Hampton Roads and are in alignment with the corporate strategies.

"We are pleased to welcome Thom to Cox," said Michael Braham, Vice President, Cox Business, Hampton Roads. "His proven ability to lead sales process improvement programs plus his proficiency in building long-term and profitable partnerships with external business partners makes him an ideal fit for the position. We are excited to work with him in the corporate leadership role and we are confident in his ability to help drive our vision to be the most trusted provider in this region."

Prior to joining Cox, Watkins was the Regional Director of Sales of Jobfox, Inc. in Atlanta, GA where he generated new revenue streams of more than $100,000 annually. He was also with CoStar Group as Regional Vice President. Watkins also worked with communications companies such as Level 3 Communications, Genuity and GTE Internetworking, and held a variety of senior and management positions with Dun and Bradstreet. He also owned Watkins and Associates, a sales training company.

For more information, contact Felicia Blow at (757) 222-8432 or at Felicia.Blow@cox.com.

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 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, as well as integrated wireless services. 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. In Hampton Roads, Cox has more than 400,000 basic cable subscribers.

Source: Cox Communications

CONTACT: Felicia Blow, APR: +1-757-222-8432, felicia.blow@cox.com, or
Leigh Woisard: +1-757-222-8496, leigh.woisard@cox.com, both of Cox
Communications

Web Site: http://www.cox.com/

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