Heimbach Named Chief Operating Officer of Cincinnati Bell Inc.

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

David L. Heimbach has been named Chief Operating Officer of Cincinnati Bell Inc., effective Nov. 20, 2013. He had been Chief Operations Officer of Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company, LLC.

As COO, Mr. Heimbach will oversee day-to-day operations in the areas of network operations, information technology, call centers and field operations in addition to overall responsibility for the company's performance in the consumer wireline, small business and carrier markets.

“Dave is well respected for his extensive technical knowledge and business acumen,” said Ted Torbeck, President and CEO, Cincinnati Bell. “He is a results-oriented leader. Our company, customers and shareholders will continue to benefit from his expertise as we execute on our strategy to transform Cincinnati Bell into a fiber-based growth company.”

Mr. Heimbach joined Cincinnati Bell in June 1999 as a product manager for business markets. Since then, he has held a number of progressively responsible leadership roles in product management, sales, operations and general management in Cincinnati as well as in the company's regional markets including Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville and Columbus. He served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Business & Carrier Markets from 2010 to 2013 before being named Chief Operations Officer of Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company in March 2013.

Mr. Heimbach holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from the J Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunications Systems at Ohio University.

About Cincinnati Bell

With headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Bell CBB provides integrated communications solutions—including local and long distance voice, data, high-speed Internet, entertainment, and wireless services—that keep residential and business customers in Greater Cincinnati and Dayton connected with each other and with the world. In addition, enterprise customers across the United States rely on CBTS, a wholly-owned subsidiary, for efficient, scalable office communications systems and end-to-end IT solutions. Cincinnati Bell is the majority owner of CyrusOne CONE, which provides best-in-class data center colocation services to enterprise customers through its facilities with fully redundant power and cooling solutions that are currently located in the Midwest, Texas, Arizona, London, and Singapore. For more information, please visit www.cincinnatibell.com.

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