Background

Scott is a program manager in the Corporate Affairs and Communications organization at Raytheon Company.  In his current assignment, Scott leads and supports the planning, execution, and control of special programs designed to advance the Raytheon brand while expanding the company’s national commitment to math and science education.  Prior to this role, Scott was a program manager in the PATRIOT Programs business unit of the Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) division, leading and supporting international defense programs with specific areas of responsibility in scheduling, earned value management, risk/opportunity management, and metrics/performance management.  Before this, Scott was the Information Technology (IT) Operations and Services Manager for the Raytheon IDS headquarters facility in Tewksbury, MA, where he was responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of all IT operations and services to 2,400 employees.  Prior to this, Scott was an IT Program Manager, responsible for leading large-scale IT programs and projects.  In his career at Raytheon, Scott has served in various other leadership and management capacities, including roles in IT strategic planning, project portfolio management, business analysis, and the Raytheon Six Sigma Expert (“black belt”) program, in which he led major process improvement projects and trained and coached Raytheon Six Sigma Specialists (“green belts”).

 

Scott holds an MBA with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and a Master of Science in Management Information Systems, both from the University of Arizona.  Scott earned a BA with dual concentrations in Mathematics and Philosophy from Brandeis University.  Scott is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a certified PRINCE2 practitioner, and has also achieved the Foundation level of certification for the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).  Scott is a graduate of Raytheon’s Principles of Systems Engineering, IDS Program Management College, Leading for Value, Front Line Leadership, Strategic Leadership, and Strategic Mentoring programs, and was also graduated from the both the Emerging Leaders Program at the Center of Collaborative Leadership at UMass Boston and the Global Leadership program at Thunderbird University.  Recently, Scott completed an Executive Certificate in Technology, Operations, and Value Chain Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.  In his spare time, Scott enjoys photography, playing guitar, walking his dog, teaching project management and business analysis courses for Boston University Corporate Education Center, and spending time with his wife, Dianne, and their two sons, Ryan and Brady.

 

Education

MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship, University of Arizona (2001)

MS, Management Information Systems, University of Arizona (2001)

BA, Mathematics and Philosophy, Brandeis University (1996)

 

Certifications

Project Management Professional, PMI (2004)

PRINCE2 Practitioner (2006)

ITIL Foundation (2006)

 

Affiliations (e.g., PMI, ASTD, etc.)