Telecommunications 2024: J.D. MYERS II

Myers joined Cox Communications in 2006 as vice president of the company’s business services, steadily ascending through the ranks to his current position as senior vice president and region manager, east region. He leads the home and business telecommunications and cable TV provider’s day-to-day operations for much of the eastern United States, including Virginia.

Cox Communications is a division of Cox Enterprises, which posted $22.1 billion in 2023 revenue. In summer 2023, the company acquired commercial fiber provider Unite Private Networks (UPN), with UPN and Cox-owned Segra forming a new stand-alone fiber company to accelerate growth in the company’s commercial fiber solutions.   

This year, Cox earned Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards for compensation and benefits, flexibility, leadership, innovation and more.

An Army veteran, Myers earned a bachelor’s in business administration and MBAs in finance and marketing from American University, and is a Yale School of Management graduate certified in fostering inclusion and diversity. He serves on the Virginia Chamber of Commerce board of directors and is a trustee of the Hampton Roads Chamber.