David Cote Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Business Development Manager at Cisco for our new Private 5G solution.

New York, Us

Director of Business Development and 2nd Radiate employee. Worked with Radiates' Founder, Betty Liu, to explore and develop the business model for this Ed Tech start-up. Launched Consumer, Business and High Ed subscription models for Radiate's Micro-Video Leadership videos. Radiate’s mission was to empower people through Expert advice. The company was founded in 2017 Bloomberg TV anchor Betty Liu. Lead effort to raise $1 Million in Series A funding from such luminaries as University Ventures, Steve Ross, Scott Kurnit, Mohamed el-Erian, Robert Wolf, Dixon Doll and many more. Radiate was acquired by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in June 2018.

New York, Ny, Us

Partner with the Vector Group at Morgan Stanley that managed over $1 Billion in AUM. Provided counsel to entrepreneurs and founders of Venture Capital backed companies and their professional advisors on a variety of matters, including planning for an exit, tax and estate planning strategies, multigenerational asset allocation, individual and corporate retirement planning, and the sale of closely held businesses.Worked on multi-year sales efforts with two different Morgan Stanley Investment Banking Groups, through the firm’s referral program, to win both an $115 Million IPO (New Relic in 2014) and $87 Private Placement (Poshmark in 2017) over Goldman Sachs, UBS and Merrill Lynch.

New York, New York, Us

Graduated from top Financial Services training program on Wall Street. Vice President and Financial Advisor at Bernstein Global Wealth Management. Managed over $100 Million in AUM.

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Lead a team through a 2 year development effort at Make It My Own Inc. that resulted in the creation of EstablishedToday.com, an online DIY Fashion Company for girls. Successfully exited "beta stage" for website in July 2009 with over 50,000 visitors/month, 10,000 new registered users/month and double digit growth in monthly revenue.Lead a web programming team that developed a platform that connected an online flash tool, to allow users to create custom tee shirt designs, with an in-house Digital Printing production system.Lead effort to raise $2 million in Seed Round funding from 34 private investors via a Private Placement. Developed a new Affiliate Marketing Program to allow Dress-Up Game websites to add a new revenue stream (e-commerce) to their business models. Signed deals with Lifetime Networks Online and eLoaui.com to successfully launch this program in August 2009.Created "online Project Runway" concept called the Ultimate Fashion Contest through partnership with Nickelodeon using two of their TV stars, Keke Palmer and Ashley Argota, as celebrity judges at no cost to the company.Developed partnership with Bauer Publishing's Teen Group to sell innovative "offline & online" fashion design contest sponsorships to their advertisers through a revenue sharing deal.Negotiated and sold company to Desjardins Venture Capital in April 2010. Company was then merged by Desjardins with My Virtual Model, one of their portfolio companies.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Managed a global sales team of 20 + Cisco Account Managers responsible for achieving annual growth and sales targets.Grew Cisco's annual global sales to a large Global Bank from $21 Million to over $83 Million over a three year period.170% of plan for FY '08.Top 10% of Cisco's global sales force (197% of plan) in FY '06 for sales in excess of $61 Million.Developed and executed a strategy that grew Cisco's annual sales in Asia Pacific region from $2 Million to over $12 Million, over a three year period.Awarded "CXO Relevance Award" at 2006 Global Sales Meeting for achieving trusted advisor status with a large Global Bank's executives. Leveraged CXO relationships and creative Cisco Capital leasing programs to drive competitive global technology wins at a large Global Bank for Storage Switching ($19 Million), Data Center Switching ($14.4 Million) and Unified Communications ($1.2 Million).Sold first Cisco Unified Communications Platform (Call Manager 5.0) running on a Linux platform to a wall street firm and orchestrated a joint Press Release with this large Global Bank to announce deal and their support for this new platform.136% of plan for FY '05 and 115% of plan for FY '04 hardware sales.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Promoted to Global Account Manager.Exceeded 110% of plan for 3 out of 4 fiscal years.Developed program to host new TIAA-CREF CEO, Herb Allison, and his Senior Management team for 2 day "Innovations in Corporate Strategy" Summit hosted by Cisco CEO, John Chambers. Closed break-through $12 Million Network Upgrade and $3.6 Million services deal with TIAA-CREF as a result of Summit.Awarded "Top AM-Service Sales" for NY Markets Operation in FY '02. Awarded "Strategic Application Award" in FY '01 for HSBC.

Part of the initial Sales Management team hired by Founder, Jeff Arnold. Signed "Visionary Partnership" with Columbia Cornell Care to endorse WebMD concept that was centerpiece of IPO road show and promoted through a global PR and Ad campaign.Grew start-up base of 16 enrolled physicians and zero healthcare system customers to over 15,000 enrolled physicians and over 40 healthcare system customers.Hired and managed a 32 person Northeast Sales Team.

Little Rock, Ar, Us

After a successful Initial Public Offering (IPO), Vestcom acquired a privately held company in Rhode Island. As the Director of Sales, I was responsible for the transition of the existing sales team into Vestcom and growing the team to achieve our annual sales growth goals. Increased sales team’s average monthly sales from $50,463 to $381,398. Signed largest multi-year outsourcing deal, $10 Million, in company history with AIG Insurance

Grew medical manufacturer's sales from $8 Million to over $18.5 Million.Hired and managed entire North American sales force consisting of 3 Regional Sales Managers and 42 independent sales reps.

Expanded company's product sales to First Aid, Drug Store, Veterinary, Lab Supply and Sports Medicine markets. Successfully launched 25 new products to support market expansion efforts.

Managed a NYC and South Carolina sales territory. Responsible for corporate account of EDS. 110% of first year quota for NYC and South Carolina Territories.

Bachelor Of Arts, Government

Aresty Institute Of Executive Education, Sales Force Management

Economics

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