Patrick Esser is President of Cox Communications, Inc., a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6 million residential and commercial customers.

In Esser’s first year as President in 2006, Cox was honored with five J.D. Power and Associates awards, with honors in all three service categories: video, residential telephone and high-speed Internet, in addition to other prestigious recognition for company leadership and diversity. In 2007, Cox garnered J.D. Power’s highest honors for residential telephone customer satisfaction in the Northeast, Southwest and Western Regions. Additionally in 2007, Esser was named the industry’s first “Executive of the Year” by Multichannel News.

With nearly 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Esser joined Cox in 1979 as Director of Programming in Hampton Roads, Va., and was part of the original management team that pioneered Cox's local advertising sales division, CableRep Advertising (now Cox Media). In 1991, he was named corporate Vice President of Advertising Sales, and was presented with the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau President’s Award in 1994. He was named Vice President of Operations for Cox’s Western Division in 1999, and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in 2000. Soon after, he was promoted to Executive Vice President, and added Chief Operating Officer to his title in 2004.

Esser serves as Treasurer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and co-chaired the 2007 Cable Show. He serves on the board of directors of C-SPAN; the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing Educational Foundation; CableLabs; and Cable in the Classroom. Additionally, he serves as an adviser to the Association of Cable Communicators and the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications. Esser also serves as a Southeastern Trustee of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

A graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, Esser holds a B.A. and M.A. in communications media, and in 2003 was presented the university’s Heritage Honors Alumni Achievement Award.

December 2007