Sam Cotton
About Sam Cotton
Sam Cotton is an Enterprise Account Executive at Snorkel AI, where he specializes in enhancing data operations for large language models. He has a diverse background in sales and athletics, having previously worked at Salesforce and as a professional athlete with the New England Patriots.
Work at Snorkel AI
Sam Cotton has served as an Enterprise Account Executive at Snorkel AI since 2021, based in Newport Beach, California. In this role, he specializes in accelerating data operations for custom and dynamically adaptable large language models (LLMs). He enhances data quality and distribution for enterprise tasks, utilizing a programmatic approach developed through over nine years of applied research and real-world implementation in AI data development. Cotton facilitates the integration of Snorkel AI's platform with major cloud providers, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Snowflake, and Databricks.
Previous Experience at Salesforce
Before joining Snorkel AI, Cotton held several positions at Salesforce. He worked as an Account Development Representative for MuleSoft in 2020 for nine months in the Greater Chicago Area. He then served as a Financial Services Sr. Account Development Executive for MuleSoft for two months in 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to that, he was a Financial Services Account Development Executive for MuleSoft from 2020 to 2021 for six months in Chicago, Illinois.
Athletic Background
Cotton has a background as a professional athlete, having played for the New England Patriots for four months in 2017 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. He also participated as a student-athlete in football at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2012 to 2016, where he balanced academic and athletic commitments.
Educational Qualifications
Cotton earned two Bachelor’s Degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying Business Administration and Management, General, as well as Marketing, from 2012 to 2016. His education provided a foundation for his career in sales and account management, equipping him with essential skills in business and marketing.
Experience in Real Estate and Construction
In addition to his roles in technology and athletics, Cotton worked as a Senior Agent and Licensed Real Estate Agent at RadPad from 2018 to 2020 in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He also gained experience in the construction industry as a Construction Laborer at Dundee Design + Build from 2017 to 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska.