Scott Lopez has spent nearly three decades at the intersection of IT distribution, brand building, and go-to-market strategy. He started his career at Ingram Micro, where he spent seven years learning how the channel actually works from the inside out. From there, he went on to help launch and scale some of the channel's most recognizable house brands including Ingram Micro's Netpatibles and CDW's Redwave transceiver lines before founding Zepol Sales and Marketing in 2009.
Over the past 17 years, Scott has built a reputation as the person you call when you need to take a technical product into distribution and make it sell. His venture 405 Madison a creative and go-to-market agency operates out of Firehouse Studios, a repurposed historic fire station in Austin, Texas that Scott built into a full-service production complex with podcast studios, sound stages, and live-event capability. 405 Madison and Firehouse Studios are the engine behind Altnet Fiber's brand, content, and channel strategy including The Red Light District podcast.
Altnet Fiber is the realization of something Scott has been building toward for years: a channel-native fiber brand that leads with custom cable and install services the two things the channel has always needed and never had. He is also a U.S. Army veteran, having served as an M1 Armor Crewman at Ft. Hood, Texas.
Mark Cooksey spent 30 years at Ingram Micro — one of the longest tenures in the company's history. He built his career progressing from inside sales to senior field account roles, managing a national portfolio that spanned Silicon Valley business development during the Dot-Com era through large-scale enterprise, retail, e-commerce, systems integration, and contract manufacturing accounts across the United States. He is a 14× President's Club Award winner.
That kind of tenure doesn't just build a résumé it builds pattern recognition. Mark understands how accounts buy, what makes a vendor relationship stick, and where the real opportunities are inside the distribution channel. He brings that instinct directly to Altnet Fiber's go-to-market, where the sales motion is built around earning trust before pitching product.
He is leading the Altnet Fiber go-to-market from the ground up: custom fiber cabling, install services, and the channel motion that connects them. Outside of work, Mark is deeply involved in his community serving on the Boys & Girls Club Golf Committee, supporting H.I.R.E. (employment for formerly incarcerated youth and adults), and contributing to TACA (The Autism Community in Action).
