Scott has degrees in Mathematics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, a Master’s in Business Administration, and Doctoral Research in Artificial Intelligence.

  

Prior to being the President of the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA), Scott was the Executive Director of the Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration, a nonprofit research organization of the world’s twelve 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. Scott was inducted into the Aerospace Hall of Fame in 1987.

 

In March 2012, and again in 2014, 2016 and 2018 Scott was appointed by the United States Congress as a non-partisan adviser 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.From 2016 through 2018, Scott was appointed by the Chinese central government at Chief Strategy Advisor to all Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Test Beds in China.

 

Scott created the 120 hour Connected Vehicle Professional course (12 ECUs) in 2014-2016 to help advance knowledge about the entire CAV ecosystem. On June 7th, 2016, Scott was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan.