Imagine Communications CEO and leadership

Tom Cotney is a \'multi-scale\' executive who is currently the CEO of Imagine Communications. In both public and privately held companies, his responsibilities have ranged from the expansion of mid-market companies to managing teams of over 8,500 professionals in Fortune 10 Companies.

High energy leader with outstanding track record of strategic execution and valuation improvement for investors; broad experience in global operations including sales, marketing, finance, IT, operations and product development; excellent recruiter and facilitator of cultural change.

Manages ongoing business planning processes while developing strategies for revenue growth, scale of operations and risk mitigation; leads major projects focused on business development, partnerships, improved client experiences, and internal process improvement.

Skilled at using M&A to accelerate outcomes; visualizes broad situations and develops line of sight for employees toward strategic goals; unusual command of detail facilitates culture of accountability.

Tom is a summa cum laude graduate of the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia (BBA 1980) where he serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Directors.

Dynamic Operations and Technology executive and thought leader providing transformative product/technology innovation and solutions.

CFO public company experience: Harmonic, Inc., Lumos Networks, Inc., Silicon Image, Inc., Openwave Systems, Inc., Extreme Networks, Inc., Silicon Graphics, Inc., Adobe Systems, Inc., and ISC Systems, Inc.Board public company experience: Lumentum Holdings, Inc., JDS Uniphase, Inc., Harmonic, Inc., Solta Medical, Inc., Silicon Image, Inc., Openwave Systems, Inc. and Splash Technology, Inc. - Chair of the Audit Committee of five of the aforementioned Boards. Selected Achievements:o Provided leadership and direction in the process of increasing the Company’s market valuation from $1B to $12B over a 12-month period by expanding operating profit from 10 to 30 percent of revenue.o Returned Company to profitability and positive cash flow after implementing strategic and operating improvements over a 120-day period - reduced annual R&D expense by $30M.o Procured $425M debt facility with a weighted average cost of debt of approximately 350 basis points and completed $60M secondary equity offering.o Spearheaded project to modernize the Company’s business processes and business systems over a 12-month period utilizing an Oracle based software stack and cloud-based solutions.o Played a key role in the acquisition and integration of an international video infrastructure Company with $80M in annual revenue.Personal Attributes:o Strong strategic orientation - customer value proposition, competitive positioning, organizational alignment and financial model. o Broad operational experience - enhancing revenue growth, expanding profitability, implementing performance measurement systems and driving continuous improvement programs.o Go to person - cross-functional interaction with all levels of management and individual contributors acting as a mentor. o Effective external and internal communication skills - strategy, operating imperatives and financial performance.Currently Board member and Audit Committee Chair (financial expert) for Lumentum Holdings, Inc. and CFO of Imagine Communications, Inc.

Adam Roberts is a CTO Advertising Management at Imagine Communications and is based in Denver, Colorado. He has worked as VP of Media Sales at GatesAir Inc, Media Systems Representative at Encoda Systems, and Sales Executive at Harris Corporation. Adam studied at Troy University between 1996 and 2000.

Tom Cotney is a \'multi-scale\' executive who is currently the CEO of Imagine Communications. In both public and privately held companies, his responsibilities have ranged from the expansion of mid-market companies to managing teams of over 8,500 professionals in Fortune 10 Companies.

High energy leader with outstanding track record of strategic execution and valuation improvement for investors; broad experience in global operations including sales, marketing, finance, IT, operations and product development; excellent recruiter and facilitator of cultural change.

Manages ongoing business planning processes while developing strategies for revenue growth, scale of operations and risk mitigation; leads major projects focused on business development, partnerships, improved client experiences, and internal process improvement.

Skilled at using M&A to accelerate outcomes; visualizes broad situations and develops line of sight for employees toward strategic goals; unusual command of detail facilitates culture of accountability.

Tom is a summa cum laude graduate of the Terry School of Business at the University of Georgia (BBA 1980) where he serves as a member of the Alumni Board of Directors.