Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc. has announced that Barry Cottle has joined the company as its vice-chairman, technology. Cottle will also serve as senior VP for technology at MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated.
Deluxe is a wholly owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes. Prior to joining Deluxe, Cottle was chief revenue officer at Zynga, a provider of social game services, and was also responsible for corporate development and the Social, Mobile and Real Money Casino division.
In his role as vice-chairman, technology at Deluxe, Cottle will focus on driving the organization’s relationships with existing and future clients, expanding media partnerships across the entertainment industry, and advancing Deluxe’s position in virtual reality, gaming and other digital services ventures. For MacAndrews & Forbes, Cottle will help develop technology strategies and drive digital innovation across the portfolio companies, including Deluxe, where synergies can be created.
Paul Meister, president, MacAndrews & Forbes, noted that Cottle “has spent his career building successful businesses that leverage technology and innovative distribution networks to create compelling products and services.”
Prior to joining Zynga, Cottle was with Electronic Arts (EA), a developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games where he was executive vice president of EA Interactive and led the company’s operations in social, mobile and online gaming. Prior to joining EA, he was the CEO of Quickoffice, a developer of mobile business software applications and content rendering technology.
Cottle has also held senior executive positions at Palm Computing Inc. and The Walt Disney Company.