Frank Cotto

CTO

Saint Johns, Florida, United States17 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in AI-powered observability and automation.
  • Proven track record in cybersecurity and network management.
  • Strong influence on product strategy and customer solutions.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Infrastructure Architect with expertise in AI-driven operations and cybersecurity.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product StrategyAi-enabled OperationsCybersecuritySolution ArchitectureSoftware As A Service

Other Skills

Product Strategy & Roadmap InfluenceAI-Enabled Infrastructure OperationsMedia & Analyst RelationsCustomer-Driven Insight & Decision SupportEnterprise Architecture & Systems DesignNetwork Monitoring ToolsCross-team CollaborationCross-SellingPre-Sales Technical ConsultingApplication Delivery ControllersSales EnablementPartner EngagementSolution SellingSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Presales

About

Driven by a passion for aligning complex challenges with comprehensive solutions, I have built a career around solving pivotal customer use cases through best-in-class application delivery, advanced network monitoring, and cutting-edge network security detection and response systems.

Experience

Progress software

4 roles

Field CTO

Promoted

Jan 2026Present · 3 mos

  • As Field CTO, I focus on building long-term, trust-based relationships supported by a portfolio of solutions that transform the way organizations observe, automate, secure, scale, and evolve modern hybrid infrastructure, leveraging AI-driven insights to surface anomalies faster, reduce operational noise, and guide more proactive, resilient operations.
  • In this role, I:
  • Influence product strategy across observability, automation, application delivery, network security, and AI-enabled operations
  • Ensure customers realize full product value by translating technical capability into measurable business and operational outcomes
  • Apply AIOps capabilities to improve visibility, simplify automation, scale intelligently, and surface risk earlier
  • Provide objective, field-informed perspective to customers and internal product teams.
  • Feed real-world customer insight into product planning, roadmap direction, and market messaging
  • Evangelize the Progress Infrastructure Management & Operations solution portfolio through analyst engagement, media, and thought leadership
Product Strategy & Roadmap InfluenceAI-Enabled Infrastructure OperationsMedia & Analyst RelationsCustomer-Driven Insight & Decision SupportEnterprise Architecture & Systems DesignProduct Strategy+1

Principal Solutions Architect

Promoted

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Progress's infrastructure management solutions, available both on-premises and in the cloud, power the ability to:
  • Optimize networks with comprehensive visibility, proactive network anomaly alerting, and rapid
  • root cause analysis.
  • Secure networks using AI-powered cyber threat detection and response.
  • Build and maintain their networks with automated infrastructure configuration & compliance.
  • Deliver always-on, always-secure application experiences with intelligent app delivery and Zero
  • Trust capabilities.
  • Some of my responsibilities include:
  • Evangelism of Progress's infrastructure management solutions.
  • Discerning the alignment between the problems our customers seek to solve and the
  • comprehensive solutions we provide to help solve those problems.
  • Partnering with our product management teams to ensure the needs of our current and future
  • customers are met in the development of our solutions.
  • Supporting our sales teams in the pursuit of positioning and exhibiting our best-in-class product
  • capabilities.
CybersecurityNetwork Monitoring ToolsSolution ArchitectureCross-team CollaborationCross-SellingPre-Sales Technical Consulting+4

Principal Sales Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr

Software as a Service (SaaS)Solution ArchitecturePresalesNetwork Monitoring ToolsCybersecurityNDR+6

Senior Sales Engineer

Nov 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

Kemp

4 roles

Solutions Architect

Promoted

Apr 2021Nov 2021 · 7 mos

Associate Solutions Architect

Apr 2020Apr 2021 · 1 yr

Enterprise Engineer

Feb 2019Apr 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

Network Support Engineer

Dec 2016Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Huntington hills center for health & rehabilitation

Maintenance Mechanic / IT Liaison

Feb 2014Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Melville, NY

  • Responsible for plant operation maintenance and physical appearance.
  • Consistently assist the IT team in troubleshooting and maintaining the centers network and device management.

Sands point center for health & rehabilitation

Maintenance Technician / IT Liaison

Nov 2008Mar 2014 · 5 yrs 4 mos · Port Washington, NY

  • Responsibilities included plant operation maintenance and physical appearance.
  • Consistently assisted the IT team in troubleshooting and maintaining the centers network and device management.

Education

Farmingdale State College

Bachelors Degree — Computer Programming & Information Systems

Jan 2014Jan 2016

Nassau Community College

Associate's Degree — Business Management

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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