Rick Cotton
Education
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School
MBA, -
San Diego State University
BS in Marketing, Minors in Political Science & English -Work Experience
Fidelity Bancorp Funding
Current
Fidelity Bancorp Funding
IgniteGrowth
Current
IgniteGrowth
Homely
2019-03-01 - 2024-12-01
Homely
Ampush - A Tinuiti Company
2014-01-01 - 2018-06-01
Ampush - A Tinuiti Company
TuneIn
2012-01-01 - 2013-12-01
TuneIn
Stitcher
2008-12-01 - 2013-12-01
Stitcher
Monster
2005-11-01 - 2011-12-01
Monster
CBS
2004-03-01 - 2005-10-01
CBS
Lycos Media
2000-07-01 - 2004-03-01
Lycos Media
iHeartMedia
1994-05-01 - 2000-07-01
iHeartMedia
Skills
Summary
Energetic and driven leader with a proven track record of helping organizations identify new market opportunities, create new revenue streams, and driving profitable growth at scale. Areas of expertise include: • Sales Strategy & Revenue Growth: Successfully scaled two early-stage companies to $100 million and $300 million in annual sales. Led the organizational design, hired the leadership team, created compensation plans, developed reporting systems, and managed the P&L. • Growth Marketing: Invested $40 million in annual marketing investment to drive profitable member acquisition and lead generation for Monster.com, a NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 company. • Brand & Product Innovation: As GM of Fastweb, launched innovative digital products to drive deeper engagement, grow the user base, improve margins, and increase revenue for seven consecutive quarters. • Operations: Led operations for the Consumer division of Monster.com. Reported sales and profitability pacing to the CEO while ensuring that Wall Street growth targets were achieved.
