Ted Coté
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
Ted Coté
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
LIFE IN MONTANA
“I’m in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection. But with Montana it is love. And it’s difficult to analyze love when you’re in it.”
― John Steinbeck
Outdoorsman, Photog and Creative Ringer
Here’s everything you need to know about me:
I love being outdoors. I’m a hunter for the money shot. I live to travel. I believe riches come from experiences, not things. I’m half country-boy, half city-slicker. I'm not always politically correct, and I’m known in fishing circles as “The Trout Whisperer”. My latest toy is my fat-tire e-bike.
It is important to me to live everyday to the fullest, because you never know what’s around the corner. I love adventure, travel, great food and good friends, preferably all at once. What I'm after can't be purchased.
I'm blessed with three amazing, smart and beautiful daughters, and a caring, intelligent and handsome son. My wife is not a one in a million kind of girl. She is a once in a lifetime kind of woman.
Life is too short to have just one dog, so my two Australian Shepherds accompany me on most of my outdoor adventures. Never underestimate the power of a sloppy kiss and a wet nose on a bad day.
I was born in California and lived in a small copper mining town in Arizona from the age of 10 until I was 17. Both places I consider my home, but today I live in Bozeman, Montana, where the lifestyle matches my love for the outdoors.
I have an older brother and two sisters. All of us are very different and each of them have chosen unique paths in life.
My father was my hero and my mother was a very honest, independent and spiritual soul.
I'm a serial entrepreneur and love creating things. I currently am involved in two startup companies and maintain a boutique creative agency.
CURRENT GIGS
Get busy building your dream or someone will hire you to build theirs.
Calitana Properties LLC
Managing Member
Mar 2021 – Present
Ted along with his wife Ann Marie own and operate a portfolio of short-term vacation rental properties in and around Bozeman, Montana.
Responsible for guest communications, marketing and co-hosting.
From the blue ocean of California to the snow-covered mountains of Montana - Calitana was born.
Extreme Pizza
Director of Franchise Sales
Dec 2023 - Present
Ted manages and directly recruits, qualifies and sells Extreme Pizza restaurant franchises to franchisees.
Extreme Pizza is an award-winning pizza restaurant headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company is expanding into select markets throughout the United States.
Originating in a small 20 seat location on Fillmore Street in San Francisco in 1994, the Extreme Pizza® business model and menu were developed for solid revenue in any size location from an array of service systems including: Dine-In, Delivery, Carry-Out, Take-n-Bake and Catering.
Trilogy MedWaste
Corporate VP of Marketing
Jan 2018 – Aug 2023
Ted is responsible for overall marketing and managing special projects for Trilogy MedWaste and its wholly-owned subsidiary Birds Eye Technologies.
Collectively the Trilogy team has amassed more than 150 years of successful management experience in the healthcare, environmental, and waste service industries, as well as in the disposal of regulated medical waste. We helped write the book on it.
Trilogy has established itself as the fastest growing company in the waste industry and now operates across multiple states throughout the country.
IM/TMA, LLC
Chief Creative Officer
May 2004 – 2016
As the founder and Chief Creative Officer of IM/TMA, a strategic marketing and creative agency, Ted has leveraged his creative instincts and experience in business to help small businesses and startup companies enterprise their ideas from incubation to accelerated growth. Ted has a successful proven track record for developing new business opportunities and partnerships for his clients.
Under Ted's leadership, we focus on developing integrated marketing programs, relevant content, strong brand development, insightful and impactful visual communication that creates sustained systematic demand. We help clients build and express brands through strategically driven design, branding, advertising, content and digital marketing and interactive work. Our strength is helping our clients better connect to their target markets.
Green Way Laboratories, Inc.
Co Founder
Feb 2012 – 2017
Ted is responsible for marketing and business development activities for Green Way Laboratories.
Responsible for product branding, social media, distributor marketing support and private-label licensing agreements for a variety of vertical channels.
Responsible for all creative direction and website content.
Green Way Laboratories, Inc. (GWL) researches and develops patented high-performance industrial strength eco-friendly cleaning chemicals and accessories. GWL products are sold under the trademarked brands of MastiClean and VERDAY and select private label agreements. GWL is headquartered in Bozeman, Montana and our products are manufactured in the United States.
Decide. Commit. Succeed.
Your life does not get better by chance. It gets better by change.
SOCIALLY SPEAKING.
Come, follow me and leave the world to its babblings.
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