Mary Cotton
Chief Executive Officer
Mary Cotton joined iDirect in September 2007, bringing more than 18 years of technology leadership creating and driving successful growth strategies in CEO, COO and CFO roles.
Prior to joining iDirect, Ms. Cotton served as Senior Vice President with SAP Industry Solutions, the world's largest business application software company. She joined SAP in 2005 after managing the acquisition and sale of Frictionless Commerce, a provider of supplier relationship management software, where she served as Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to SAP, Ms. Cotton held several top management positions including Chief Operating Office and Chief Financial Officer at Aspen Technology Inc., a provider of software and services that help companies improve their manufacturing processes. There she executed an aggressive growth strategy that took AspenTech from a $6M private company to a $330M publicly traded international solutions provider.
Ms. Cotton holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.
David Bettinger
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering
Mr. Bettinger joined iDirect Technologies as the Director of Hardware Engineering in 1996 and took over responsibility of all hardware and software development as VP of Engineering in 2002. In his role as Chief Technology Officer he is responsible for the oversight of all technology decisions within iDirect and serves to drive the strategic direction for product development. In addition to being the lead system architect for iDirect's flagship NetModem and iNFINITI series products, Mr. Bettinger is also active in industry standards organizations and forums and is a member of the Telecommunications Industry Association, IEEE and the IPv6 Forum.
Mr. Bettinger currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Global VSAT Forum and has been active in the satellite networking industry for over 15 years. Previous to iDirect, Mr. Bettinger was a senior member of the technical staff at Hughes Network Systems in the Satellite Networks Division. Mr. Bettinger is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.
Toni Lee Rudnicki
Chief Marketing Officer
Ms. Rudnicki joined iDirect in September 2006 as Chief Marketing Officer and manages all global marketing activities. Previously, Ms. Rudnicki was the Chief Marketing Officer for TANDBERG, and has held senior level positions with companies such as Aspen Technologies, Digital Equipment Corporation, General Electric Space Division and The Dow Chemical Company.
Ms. Rudnicki is a graduate of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa., and the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Dean Griffler
Senior Vice President of Global Sales
As Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Dean Griffler brings over 20 years of sales and operational leadership experience in the data and telecommunications industries to iDirect.
Prior to joining iDirect, Dean held a senior sales leadership position at CopperCom, a provider of switching, portal and application solutions for communications carriers. He also held various management roles in enterprise and channel sales at FORE Systems (now part of Ericsson).
Dean has extensive experience selling business solutions to large global organizations as well as major service providers. He joined the company in December 2001 as one of the first sales leaders and has been instrumental in the development of iDirect’s world class sales organization. Through his efforts, iDirect was able to attract and become equipment providers to several of the world’s leading satellite network operators in the oil and gas sector including Schlumberger, SOLA Communications, and Quick Link Communications.
Dean holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University, Honors College.
Scott Denning
Vice President of Global Supply Chain
Scott Denning joined iDirect in 2009 as Vice President, Global Supply Chain. In this role Mr. Denning is responsible for the oversight of all supply chain, quality and manufacturing engineering within iDirect.
Prior to iDirect, Mr. Denning held various executive positions leading global supply chains and operations in rapid growth companies, most recently as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations for StrionAir, a venture-funded technology company in Colorado.
Prior to StrionAir, Mr. Denning was responsible for developing and implementing supply chain strategies at Primestar, a direct-to-home satellite television company, acquired by DirecTV, and OneComm, a digital cellular startup that merged with Nextel.
Mr. Denning is a graduate of California State University with a B.S. in Business Administration and holds professional certifications such as APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional and ISCEA Certified Lean Master.
Amy B. Cahoon
Vice President of Human Resources
Ms. Cahoon joined iDirect in October 2009 from SAP, where she was the Global HR Lead for Mergers and Acquisitions and a member of the SAP Labs U.S. HR Leadership Team. Prior to SAP, she held HR management positions in companies spanning a variety of industries, including Renaissance Worldwide (telecommunications consulting), FitzGerald Communications (high tech PR), Amicore (electronic medical record software), and Frictionless Commerce (supplier relationship management software).
Ms. Cahoon earned a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an M.A.T from Simmons College and she currently sits on the Board of Directors for StageSource Boston, an arts services organization advancing the art of theatre in the greater Boston region.