Kevin Scott (computer scientist)
Kevin Scott | |
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Kevin Scott on stage in 2018 | |
Born | 1972 |
Residence | California, United States |
Alma mater | Lynchburg College, Wake Forest University, University of Virginia |
Occupation | Microsoft Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer |
Kevin Scott (born 1972) serves as Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft.[1] He was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn from February 2011 – January 2017.[2][3]
Education
Scott grew up in central Virginia.[4] He holds a bachelor's degree from Lynchburg College in computer science and a master's degree from Wake Forest University in computer science. He studied for his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia.[4]
Career
Scott started his career at Google in 2003 and held numerous positions in search and ads engineering, including receiving a Google Founders' Award, before leaving the company in 2007.[5] He was VP of engineering and operations at AdMob from July 2007 to June 2010.[6] Google acquired AdMob in 2010 for $750 million and Scott became Sr. Engineering Director of mobile ads engineering at Google.[7]
Scott joined professional networking site LinkedIn in February 2011, as senior vice president for engineering.[8] LinkedIn held its initial public offering in May 2011 and Scott was credited with scaling the company's computer systems to keep up with accelerating demand.[9] Business Insider called Scott "the engineer who saved LinkedIn".[10]
Microsoft
In January 2017, soon after Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, Scott was named Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer by CEO Satya Nadella.[11] He retained the title of senior vice president of infrastructure at LinkedIn until September 2017.[12] Scott described himself as feeling "like a kid in a candy store" because of all the exciting technologies Microsoft is working on.[4]
Nonprofits and boards
Scott is the founder of Behind The Tech, a non-profit organization that profiles people that work in technology on its website through photographs and interviews with the goal of inspiring others.[13] In 2014, Kevin and his wife Shannon Hunt-Scott created The Scott Foundation, a San Francisco Bay Area organization that focuses on issues such as education, hunger and STEM for children. He is also an emeritus trustee of the Anita Borg Institute[14] and was a founding member of the ACM Professions Board.[15] He advises several startups, is on the board of directors for Magic and is an angel investor.[16]
References
- ↑ Reuters (2017-01-24). "Microsoft just announced its newest chief technology officer". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ "LinkedIn Promotes Kevin Scott to Senior Vice President of Engineering". news.linkedin.com. 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Tate, Ryan (2013-04-10). "The Software Revolution Behind LinkedIn's Gushing Profits". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- 1 2 3 Day, Matt (2017-05-11). "Feeling like 'a kid in a candy store,' CTO Kevin Scott's job is to keep Microsoft focused". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Kee, Tameka (2007-10-18). "Senior Engineer Leaves Google To Become AdMob's 'Quality Guru'". Retrieved 2018-06-14.
- ↑ Contributor (2007-10-16). "Exclusive: AdMob Snares Google's Kevin Scott". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Rao, Leena (2011-02-07). "Another AdMob Exec Leaves Google; Kevin Scott Joins LinkedIn As VP Of Engineering". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Frommer, Dan (2011-02-07). "Google Loses Another AdMob Exec As Tech Guru Flees For LinkedIn". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Vance, Ashley (2013-04-12). "Inside Operation InVersion, the Code Freeze That Saved LinkedIn". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Smith, Kevin (2013-04-11). "Meet The Engineer Who Saved LinkedIn". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ↑ Greene, Jay (2017-01-24). "Microsoft Names LinkedIn Executive to Tech Chief Role". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
- ↑ Heater, Brian (2017-01-24). "Microsoft names LinkedIn SVP Kevin Scott as CTO". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Bellstrom, Kristen (2017-10-03). "Why Microsoft's CTO Is Photographing the Diverse People Who Build Your Tech". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ "AnitaB.org Board of Trustees - AnitaB.org". AnitaB.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ "ACM Membership Boards". design.acm.org. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
- ↑ Foley, Mary Jo (2017-01-24). "Microsoft names LinkedIn infrastructure chief as company CTO". ZDNet. Retrieved 2018-06-08.