SYRACUSE, NY (February 24, 2009) – Marva Johnson has been promoted to Vice President, Technology and Industry Affairs for Bright House Networks. Johnson will help evaluate technology policy implications associated with the company’s infrastructure and service delivery. Going forward, she will continue efforts to establish regulatory strategies for the company’s video, voice and data services. Johnson, who had been acting as VP CLEC Operations for Bright House Networks Information Services (BHNIS), will report to Nomi Bergman, President of Bright House Networks.
Johnson joined Bright House in 2006 as a key member of the team that brought the Bright House Networks CLEC forward from concept to operational reality.
“Marva’s leadership in managing our vendor affairs and interconnection services has provided our company with significant operational and financial benefits,” said Nomi Bergman, president, Bright House Networks. “Given Marva’s keen understanding of the industry’s converging network technology and the depth of her regulatory and policy experience, Marva will become an even more valuable resource for the company as she assumes her new role.”
Prior to joining the Bright House Networks team, Johnson served in regulatory and policy roles including General Counsel for Supra Telecommunications (a subsidiary of FDN Communications) and Vice President and Senior Counsel for KMC Telecommunications where she oversaw KMC’s regulatory, legislative and industry relations at both the state and federal levels. Prior to joining KMC, she also served in several management positions within MCI and BellSouth.
Johnson is a graduate of Georgetown University (BSBA), Emory University - Goizuetta Business School (MBA), and Georgia State University Law School (JD), and a member of the State Bar of Georgia. She also serves on the Board of Women in Cable & Telecommunications (WICT).
Johnson and her family will soon be making Orlando their home.
About Bright House Networks
Bright House Networks is the 7th largest multiple cable system operator (MSO) in the US with 2.4 million customers in several large cities including Tampa Bay and Orlando, Florida; Bakersfield, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; and Birmingham, Alabama; along with several other smaller regions in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The high-growth Florida markets are adjacent and form one of the country’s largest cable clusters. Bright House Networks’ corporate offices are located in Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida.
Bright House Networks is committed to putting customers in control and making their lives easier with products including Digital Cable, High Speed Internet, and Home Phone. The company also provides an ever-expanding catalog of Video-on-Demand (VOD) programming, the immensely popular Digital Video Recorders (DVR), and high-definition (HD) programming.
Exceptional customer care is the cornerstone of Bright House Networks’ business, and a top priority across all operating units. Bright House Networks was ranked the “Highest in Residential Telephone Customer Satisfaction in the South Region” by J.D. Power and Associates in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. J.D. Power and Associates also ranked Bright House Networks the “Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among High-Speed Internet Service Providers in the South Region” in 2008 and 2009.
In addition to their residential services, Bright House Networks Business Solutions (
www.brighthouse.com) provides products and services for small, medium, and enterprise businesses including Business Phone, Internet, Managed Security Services, Web Services, and Wireless Solutions.
Bright House Networks also owns and operates two 24-hour local news operations; Central Florida News 13 (
www.cfnews13.com) serving the Orlando area, and Bay News 9 (
www.baynews9.com) serving the Tampa Bay area. Recently, Bright House Sports Network (
www.bhsn.com) launched in Florida, providing local sports coverage across Tampa Bay and Orlando. Bright House Networks provides in-depth coverage of local sports including high school, college, and professional teams.
Public affairs, social responsibility, and community involvement continue to be major initiatives for Bright House Networks as an ongoing commitment to the families and communities Bright House Networks serves. This includes the
Star Teachers Award program, the
Bright Kids Network,
Operation Bright Eyes, and many more long-term commitments to education and other important issues in Bright House Networks communities.
For more information about Bright House Networks or our products and services, please visit (
www.brighthouse.com/business).
