Chris Cottle has extensive experience in technology brand building in both B-B and B-C markets. Cottle came to Allegiance from Tandberg Data, a $200 million data backup hardware manufacturer, where he served as vice president of U.S. marketing. Cottle started his career in 1990 marketing large technology brands for companies such as Iomega, Infocus, and Adaptec at Dahlin Smith White. He left DSW to start his own marketing company, Oxygen Studios, which was later sold to Caldera (now SCO). Cottle helped Caldera go public, acquire SCO and grow to over 600 employees. He left SCO to launch a health publishing company that was acquired in 2003. Cottle was named a Channel Chief by CRN Magazine in 2006. |