Andrea Cotter joins Straightline New York as Managing Director
NEW YORK, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Cotter has joined Straightline, a leading independent brand consultancy based in New York City. In the newly expanded position of Managing Director, Andrea will have responsibility for client services and solutions, business development and company management.
"I am excited to welcome Andrea Cotter to our firm at a time when we are poised for global growth," said CEO Michael Watras. "Andrea's breadth of international business experience and management skills will enable us to better serve clients from our New York base, even as we expand our footprint to London later this year."
Andrea comes to Straightline as an experienced marketing and communications professional. She was most recently the Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of UPMC, a large global healthcare system based in Western Pennsylvania. During her tenure at UPMC she managed all of the communication, advertising, marketing and internal communication and helped UPMC establish a new brand identity and global image. Prior to her role at UPMC, Andrea was Global Director of Healthcare and Life Sciences Marketing at IBM where she had a 30-year career. Andrea was involved with IBM's global marketing transformation, the IBM Linux strategy, and the initiation of IBM's Smarter Planet strategy. She was instrumental in developing the first strategic communication for IBM's healthcare business solutions.
Currently, Andrea holds two advisory board positions with healthcare and life sciences entrepreneurial businesses. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Communication at the NYU's Master of Science in Public Relations and Corporate Communications program. In addition, she is a guest blogger and mentor for the e-zine, LatinBusinessToday.com.
Andrea holds a bachelor of arts in languages from SUNY Oswego and a master of science in information science from SUNY Albany. She brings tremendous international business experience and cultural fluency to her new role at Straightline.
Straightline builds powerful brands for B2C and B2B businesses, across industries and around the globe. Our approach is not formulaic; we recognize that each client opportunity is unique and tailor our solutions accordingly. We establish deep relationships, becoming trusted advisors and partners in our clients' success. Companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Pfizer, Thomson Reuters, Walgreens, Wyndham Worldwide, and Xerox come to us to help them successfully navigate change – from M&A activity to rapidly changing market conditions and evolving business strategies. We take pride in finding new ways for brand to make an impact on our clients' businesses.
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