Cortera Accelerates Growth with the Addition of Veteran Executives to Management Team

Fred B. Dilkes and Patrick Davie join Company in top sales and product management roles

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cortera^®, a leading information provider that compiles insights on nearly every US business, today announced the appointment of two senior executives, Fred B. Dilkes and Patrick Davie, to its management team. Fred B. Dilkes, former Senior Vice President, Sales and Client Services at AlertSite, has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Patrick Davie is now Cortera’s Vice President, Product Marketing.

"I’m delighted and honored to have Fred and Patrick join the Cortera management team,” said Jim Swift, president and CEO, Cortera. “With Fred’s proven sales leadership and track record of rapidly scaling revenue and Patrick’s solid experience in product management, general management, and services delivery, Cortera is well positioned for our next stage of growth.”

Fred Dilkes comes to Cortera with extensive executive sales and leadership experience, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales at AlertSite, a global leader in Web and mobile performance management solutions. At AlertSite, Fred directed a sales team that produced significant year-over-year sales growth leading to its acquisition by Smart Bear Software in 2011. Prior to his role at AlertSite, Dilkes served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels and Major Accounts for CDC Software, and previously as Vice President of Sales for SSA Global, where he helped grow the company from $130M to $750M. Dilkes also served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Newstar.

Patrick Davie brings nearly 20 years experience and success in financial risk management and information services to his role as Vice President of Product Marketing. His primary responsibilities are leading the development and implementation of Cortera’s product management, product and corporate marketing, and go to market strategies. Prior to joining Cortera, Patrick was GM of Fiserv’s Financial Crime Risk Management business, and from 1994 to 2007 held leadership positions at Equifax in product management and development, sales, and services delivery. Patrick served as an officer in the US Army and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

About Cortera

We created Cortera because we were tired of finding too little information about our customers, suppliers and partners—especially private ones. Cortera compiles information about businesses to give you the inside story on nearly every US company. Now businesses can better manage risks and increase revenues with new intelligence from Cortera. Learn more at http://www.cortera.com.

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Source: Cortera