CAPE ELIZABETH — Cape Elizabeth resident Paul Schonewolf has been picked to head Time Warner’s operations in New England.

As vice president of operations, Schonewolf, 46, will oversee the cable company’s roughly 1,000 staffers and a business that includes 350,000 customers in three states.

A 24-year cable industry veteran, Schonewolf was Time Warner’s vice president for technical operations in New England. He joined the company in 1994 as general manager in Keene and Berlin, N.H., and also was vice president for operations in Columbus, Ohio.

Schonewolf succeeds Keith Burkley, who now heads Time Warner’s home security monitoring product line.

Schonewolf graduated from Clark University in Worcester, Mass.