Professional
My search career began in 1993 when the first graphical web browser was released. I started a “dot com” business when still in high school, which designed and hosted websites while also developing content management and search solutions. This experience then paralleled a formal college education in engineering, followed by a master’s degree. I then had the opportunity to work for large enterprises like JPMorgan, a management consulting firm, and several software vendors – all focused on knowledge and search solutions. I have enjoyed designing, developing, marketing, selling, implementing, and supporting nearly every search platform in the market across a variety of use cases, from enterprise-wide to niches like customer support and website search.
- Search Platform Experience: Algolia, Autonomy, Coveo, Elasticsearch, FAST, Google, IBM, Lucene, and Solr.
- Representative Clients: Adobe, AT&T, Bank of America, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAP, United Healthcare, and Xerox.
- Time Spent Implementing Search Platforms: 20,000+ hours.
- Tenure in Search Sales or Customer Success: 14+ years.
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“Scott is a human swiss-army kinfe; he has so broad a skill set, he can always find a way to deliver.”
– Scott Davis, CEO at Lyzasoft
“Scott is a strategic thinker and brilliant tactician rolled into one.”
– Tracy Chandler, Senior Manager at Accenture
“Scott has a rare talent for solving complex problems and clearly articulating how it’s done.”
– Daniel Hong, VP & Research Director at Forrester
“Scott is the cream of the crop. He is increidbly insightful and provides excellent guidance to his customers.”
– John Ragsdale, Distinguished Researcher at the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA)
Personal
“Take chances, make mistakes, get out there and explore!”
– Miss Frizzle from the Magic Schoolbus
Living in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and now Prescott, Arizona, I’m an avid mountain biker and volunteer youth cycling coach, an avocational action sports and outdoor lifestyle photographer whose images have been used by recognizable names like Patagonia and Fox Sports while raising money for charity, a skier and snowboarder, a fly fisherman who often enjoys tying my own flies, an Eagle Scout who still loves to camp, a proud father, and a passionate humanitarian who believes “it is in giving that we receive.”