Speaker Bio
Scott has degrees in Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a Master’s in Business Administration, and Doctoral Research in Artificial Intelligence.
Scott is the president of the Teleoperation Consortium and the Connected Vehicle Trade Association. Prior to this, Scott was the President of the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Consortium of ten automakers. Prior to that, he was the Executive Director of the Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration, a nonprofit research organization of the world’s largest automakers. Prior to these positions, he was General Electric’s Factory with a Future Program Manager for both Transportation and Aircraft Engine Business Divisions, implementing over $1 billion in advanced automation and systems. In 1988 he was inducted into the Aerospace Hall of Fame.
In March 2012, and again in 2014, 2016 and 2018 Scott was appointed by the United States Congress to advise the Secretary of Transportation on matters relating to the study, development, and implementation of Intelligent Transportation Systems. In 2016 Scott was appointed as the Chief Transportation Consultant to the Asia Pacific Economic Community for the US State Department. Scott is a trusted adviser to the governments of the EU, UK, China, Japan and South Korea. In May, 2016, Scott was named Chief Advisor to the Beijing Autonomous Driving Project. For 2017-2018, Scott was the Strategic Advisor of the Shanghai International Automotive Group Demonstration Pilot Zone.
Scott created the Connected Vehicle Professional course to help advance knowledge about the entire ecosystem. On June 7th, 2016, Scott was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan for his conception and development of vehicle communications.
Scott is the Chairman of LiveRoad Analytics, and a Chairman of the Board of Mobile Video Computing Solutions. Scott is also the Automotive Industry Advisor and Advisory Committee Chairman of CB Holdings, Inc., a solar powered data center in Austin Texas.