Cox Names Avila-Marco As SVP
• Cox Enterprises has hired Luis Avila-Marco as SVP of Strategy and Corporate Development. Avila-Marco will lead Cox’s corporate strategy and oversee a team that focuses on diversification and long-term growth outside of the company’s core businesses. He also will serve as an adviser to Cox’s existing portfolio of companies as they explore future opportunities.
The timing of Avila-Marco’s hire seems just about perfect — just last week Cox Enterprises announced it’s exploring strategic options for its ownership or other interest in its 14 television stations in nine states, including partnering or merging these stations into a larger TV company. “We’re excited about what Luis brings to the table for Cox,” said Dallas Clement, EVP & CFO, Cox Enterprises. “We’re a company that thinks long term, and Luis’s experience will help us as we manage our portfolio of businesses’ plan for success today — and in the future.”
Avila-Marco most recently worked as an independent consultant and corporate advisor for technology companies. Before that he spent six years at Juniper Networks as EVP of Strategy and Corporate development. He also put in 14 years at Scientific-Atlanta, rising from an engineering manager to VP of Corporate Strategic Planning.
