Electronic
Arts announced that Barry Cottle has today joined
the EA Casual Entertainment Label to serve as Senior Vice President
and General Manager of EA Mobile. Reporting directly to EA Casual
Entertainment Label President Kathy Vrabeck, Mr. Cottle will oversee
all aspects of the EA Mobile business worldwide. Prior to joining EA,
Mr. Cottle served as the CEO of Quickoffice Inc, a developer of mobile
business software applications and content rendering technology for
multiple handset manufacturers.
Prior to establishing Quickoffice, Cottle served as COO and
Chief Internet Officer for the Mobile Content and Wireless Service
business of Palm Computing. During his tenure at Palm Computing,
Cottle managed Palm.net and set the company's worldwide strategic
direction for mobile content and services. Prior joining Palm Inc.,
Mr. Cottle spent almost 10 years at Walt Disney Company where he
served as SVP of Marketing for Disney TeleVentures, a video
programming joint venture created to develop and market cable TV
programming, broadband internet services, interactive applications and
proprietary navigation tools. Barry started his career in marketing as
an intern for Apple and graduated from Kellogg School of Management.