Phil Meeks brings twenty-eight years of diverse telecommunications experience to his leadership role at Cox Communications.  As vice president of Cox Business, Meeks oversees the strategic direction of the fastest growing business unit of Cox Communications, including all marketing, operations, sales, product development and partnership initiatives. 

Prior to joining Cox, Meeks founded and managed Channel Solutions Inc., a company focused on enhancing the supply chain between technology vendors and value added resellers. 

A 20-year MCI veteran, Meeks was tapped for his most recent role by then CEO Michael Capellas to resurrect the company’s strategic alliance activities.  As senior vice president of strategic ventures and alliances, Meeks grew MCI’s alliance revenue from $0 to $209 million in two years.  Those new alliances included the CableNet initiative to sell consumer IP-based telephony services through multiple cable providers nationwide as well as technology partnerships with Cisco Systems, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard. 

Meeks began his career in telecommunications at AT&T Information Systems and Southern Bell, where he served in several marketing and sales management positions.

Meeks holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and journalism from the University of Georgia and has completed executive study programs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Virginia. 

September 2008