Scott spent the first years of his engineering career designing Sterling Engine systems for NASA and medical electronics technologies for a variety of innovative companies like Heartstream, Physio-Control, and Philips Medical. Having always been an entrepreneur at heart, Scott co-founded Synapse Product Development a decade ago to provide world-class engineering know-how for brands like Nike, Philips, Samsung, Disney, TomTom and GE. Scott holds multiple patents, a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ohio University, a Masters in Technology Management and an MBA from University of Washington Bothell. Scott lives on a micro-urban-farm with his wife, two daughters, four chickens and one dog.

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