Kevin Scott | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Alma mater | Lynchburg College Wake Forest University University of Virginia |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft |
Kevin Scott (born 1972) is Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft. [1] He was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn from February 2011 to January 2017. [2] [3]
Kevin Scott grew up in Gladys, Virginia. [4] [5] 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 enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia. [6]
Kevin 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. [7] He was VP of engineering and operations at AdMob from July 2007 to June 2010. [8] Google acquired AdMob in 2010 for $750 million (~$1.02 billion in 2023) and Scott became Sr. Engineering Director of mobile ads engineering at Google. [9]
Scott joined professional networking site LinkedIn in February 2011, as senior vice president for engineering. [10] 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. [11] Business Insider called Scott "the engineer who saved LinkedIn". [12]
In January 2017, soon after Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, Scott was named Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer by CEO Satya Nadella. [13] He retained the title of senior vice president of infrastructure at LinkedIn until September 2017. [14] Scott described himself as feeling "like a kid in a candy store" because of all the exciting technologies Microsoft is working on. [6]
Scott is the founder of Behind the Tech, a non-profit organization that profiles people who work in technology on its website through photographs and interviews with the goal of inspiring others. [15] In 2014, Scott 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 [16] and was a founding member of the ACM Professions Board. [17] He advises several startups, is on the board of directors for Magic, and is an angel investor. [18] Since January 17, 2021, he is member of the board of directors of the automobile manufacturer Stellantis as non-executive Director and member of the ESG Committee. [19]
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