John Dyer is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Cox Communications Inc. He oversees Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions and Programming. He is also responsible for the management of Cox's commercial services and advertising sales divisions, Cox Business Services and Cox Media, respectively.

Dyer joined Cox Enterprises Inc., the owner of Cox Communications, in 1977 as Internal Auditor. In 1980, he joined Cox’s cable division as Financial Analyst. He later served as Manager of Capital Asset Planning and Director of Operations before joining Times Mirror Cable, where he was Regional Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Operations. Dyer returned to Cox as Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis when Cox acquired Times Mirror in 1995.

In 1998, Dyer became Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, a position in which he executed several strategic acquisitions through which Cox acquired operations serving over 2 million customers. Also, he initiated and closed many system trades that substantially furthered Cox’s strategy of concentrating its operations in tightly clustered urban and suburban markets.

Most recently, Dyer served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Cox's Western Division, which includes operations in California, Arizona and Las Vegas.

A graduate of the State University of West Georgia with a B.B.A. in accounting, Dyer also holds an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. He served on the executive committee of the New England Cable Television Association and its board of directors. Dyer is currently serving on the board of directors for the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).

January 2006