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Time Warner Cable Names Dinni Jain COO

By TechTaffy Desk

Dinni Jain is joining Time Warner Cable as COO. Mr. Jain will oversee the operations of the company’s three main lines of business: residential services, business services and media sales. He also will be responsible for TWC’s technology and network operations, product development and content acquisition functions, as well as its news, local sports and regional sports networks.

Mr. Jain is the former president and COO of Insight Communications, which Time Warner Cable acquired in 2012. He joined Insight in 2002 as executive vice president and CFO, before being named EVP and COO in 2003. He was promoted to president and COO in 2006, serving in that capacity until the company was sold in 2012.  

Prior to joining Insight, Mr. Jain was group managing director for Strategy for NTL Europe, where he worked from 1994 to 2001. Previously, he held positions at Cellular Communications, Barclays De Zoete Wedd, and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette.

Mr. Jain will be based in the company’s New York City headquarters and report to Robert Marcus, who will become chairman and CEO on January 1.

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