Charter Hiring TWC Biz Services Boss

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) announced that Philip G. Meeks will join the company as executive vice president and president of business enterprise services upon completion of the pending merger with Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC). In his new role, Meeks will oversee all aspects of Charter's Business Enterprise unit and will report to Tom Rutledge, president and CEO. Meeks will be based at Charter's Stamford, CT, corporate headquarters.

Meeks currently serves as executive vice president and COO for business services at Time Warner Cable. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of Cox Business. Before joining Cox in 2008, he was the co-founder and lead executive for a start-up company focused on enhancing the supply chain between technology vendors and value added resellers in the Internet security, data storage and VoIP markets. He has also worked for MCI Telecommunications and AT&T Information Systems/Southern Bell.