HG Insights Announces Gary Cottrell as GM and Chief Product Officer to Drive Further Product Growth
01 May 2024 - 11:30PM
Business Wire
The new leader will increase customer value to
offerings from the authority in Technology Intelligence
HG Insights, the authority in Technology Intelligence, today
announced the appointment of Gary Cottrell as General Manager (GM)
and Chief Product Officer (CPO) to its senior leadership team.
As an accomplished technology executive with nearly 25 years of
product experience in the SaaS sector, Cottrell will be responsible
for amplifying HG Insights’ Technology Intelligence solutions in
the market. Reporting to Gary will be the leaders of growth
marketing, product marketing, product management and design. The
addition of Cottrell is an important step in the Tech Intelligence
leader’s growth as a product-led organization.
Putting the Customer at the Forefront of Decisions
“Gary is a proven leader who excels at
product development, management, and go-to-market strategy while
maintaining a close connection with customers,” said Elizabeth
Cholawsky, CEO of HG Insights. “We are all excited to have Gary
aboard, he was our number one choice thanks to his substantive
skills, his excitement about the upcoming product innovations at
HG, and his engaging leadership style. Gary will also be a
complement and partner to our CTO Robert Fox, along with HG’s
senior leadership team, to drive operational efficiency and
business strategy as the company takes on the next phase of growth
as a product-led organization.”
Previously, Gary served as the SVP of Product Management at
Stats Perform, where he led product management, partnerships, and
product strategy while working with advanced data collection
methodologies. He has also held executive positions at Xactly
Corporation, a SaaS and Sales Performance Management software
giant, where he supported building a data intelligence offering and
implemented a new end-to-end product vision and roadmapping
process. When Vista Equity took Xactly private, Gary helped rebuild
the product management organization and overall product strategy
while supporting the subsequent acquisition and integration of four
additional companies.
“HG Insights is an institution in the world
of data-driven intelligence, and the opportunity to lead as the
company’s GM and CPO is compelling considering the already
impressive products and vast growth potential,” said Gary Cottrell,
incoming executive at HG Insights. “I look forward to accelerating
HG’s transformation into a product-led organization and continuing
to provide our customers with best-in-class Technology Intelligence
solutions.”
2024: An Exciting Year at HG
The appointment of a new GM and CPO comes after the recent
announcement of HG Insights’ position on G2’s Leader Grid® in both
Sales Intelligence and Marketing Account Intelligence. This year,
HG has also received awards from Inc. Magazine and was named “Best
Place to Work” by Built In. Not to mention a litany of additional
awards from G2, including customer- and product-facing accolades
like “Users Love Us” and “Easiest Setup.” CTO Rob Fox said:
“As a product-led, customer-centric
organization, we are committed to building upon our recent
achievements by delivering exceptional products while continuing to
lead the market with our world-class insights. Our recognition in
G2’s Leader quadrant underscores our success in meeting customer
needs. I am thrilled to spearhead our innovation initiatives,
including our Gen AI strategy, collaborating closely with Gary to
shape the future of products that drive our customers’ businesses
forward.”
Learn More
Learn more about HG Insights here, and follow us on LinkedIn and
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About HG Insights
HG Insights, the provider of data-driven insights to global
businesses, is your go-to-market Technology Intelligence
partner.
We use advanced insights into Technology Intelligence — on IT
spend, technographics, cloud usage, intent signals, Functional Area
Intelligence, and contract details — to provide global B2B
companies with a better way to analyze markets and target
prospects. Our customers achieve unprecedented results in their
marketing and sales programs thanks to the indexing of billions of
unstructured documents each day with insights into product
adoption, usage, spend data, and more to build high-resolution maps
of activity across an organization’s entire digital infrastructure
to power business decisions with precision and confidence.
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Taylor Viens Senior Marketing & Digital Communications
Manager HG Insights taylor.viens@hginsights.com