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title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> from February 2011 to January 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kevin Scott grew up in <a href="/wiki/Gladys,_Virginia" title="Gladys, Virginia">Gladys</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He holds a bachelor's degree from <a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Lynchburg College">Lynchburg College</a> in computer science and a master's degree from <a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest_University" title="Wake Forest University">Wake Forest University</a> in computer science. </p><p>He enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Day_2018_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Day_2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After dropping out of his doctoral program in 2003,<sup id="cite_ref-dotan_wsj_2023_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dotan_wsj_2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott started his career at <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> and held numerous positions in search and ads engineering, including receiving a <a href="/wiki/Google_Founders%27_Award" title="Google Founders' Award">Google Founders' Award</a>, before leaving the company in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was VP of engineering and operations at <a href="/wiki/AdMob" title="AdMob">AdMob</a> from July 2007 to June 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: LinkedIn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scott joined <a href="/wiki/Professional_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Professional network">professional networking</a> site <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> in February 2011, as senior vice president for engineering.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> LinkedIn held its <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">initial public offering</a> in May 2011, and Scott was credited with scaling the company's computer systems to keep up with accelerating demand.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a></i> called Scott "the engineer who saved LinkedIn".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Microsoft">Microsoft</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Microsoft"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2017, soon after <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> acquired LinkedIn, Scott was named Microsoft's <a href="/wiki/Chief_technology_officer" title="Chief technology officer">chief technology officer</a> by CEO <a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Wall_Street_Journal_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wall_Street_Journal-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retained the title of senior vice president of infrastructure at LinkedIn until September 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scott described himself as feeling "like a kid in a candy store" because of all the exciting technologies Microsoft is working on.<sup id="cite_ref-Day_2018_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Day_2018-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nonprofits_and_boards">Nonprofits and boards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nonprofits and boards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, Scott and his wife, Shannon Hunt-Scott, created The Scott Foundation, a <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> organization that focuses on issues such as education, hunger, and <a href="/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics" title="Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics">STEM</a> for children. He is also an emeritus trustee of the <a href="/wiki/AnitaB.org" title="AnitaB.org">Anita Borg Institute</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a founding member of the ACM Professions Board.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He advises several startups, is on the board of directors for Magic, and is an angel investor.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since January 17, 2021, he is member of the board of directors of the automobile manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Stellantis" title="Stellantis">Stellantis</a> as non-executive Director and member of the <i>ESG Committee</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scott is married and has two children. He lives in <a href="/wiki/Los_Gatos,_California" title="Los Gatos, California">Los Gatos, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dotan_wsj_2023_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dotan_wsj_2023-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Scott_(computer_scientist)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFScottShaw2020" class="citation book cs1">Scott, Kevin; 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