Kevin Scott (born 1972) serves as Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft. He was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn from February 2011 – January 2017.

Education

Kevin Scott grew up in Gladys, Virginia. He holds a bachelor's degree from Lynchburg College in computer science and a master's degree from Wake Forest University in computer science. He enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia.

Career

Kevin Scott started his career at Google in 2003 and held numerous positions in search and ads engineering, including receiving a

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, before leaving the company in 2007. He was VP of engineering and operations at

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from July 2007 to June 2010. Google acquired AdMob in 2010 for $750 million and Scott became Sr. Engineering Director of mobile ads engineering at Google.

Kevin Scott joined professional networking site LinkedIn in February 2011, as senior vice president for engineering. LinkedIn held its initial public offering in May 2011 and Scott was credited with scaling the company's computer systems to keep up with accelerating demand. '' Business Insider'' called Scott "the engineer who saved LinkedIn".

Microsoft

In January 2017, soon after Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, Scott was named Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer by CEO

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. He retained the title of senior vice president of infrastructure at LinkedIn until September 2017. Scott described himself as feeling "like a kid in a candy store" because of all the exciting technologies Microsoft is working on.

Nonprofits and boards

Kevin Scott is the founder of Behind The Tech, a non-profit organization that profiles people that work in technology on its website through photographs and interviews with the goal of inspiring others. In 2014, Kevin and his wife Shannon Hunt-Scott created The Scott Foundation, a San Francisco Bay Area organization that focuses on issues such as education, hunger and STEM for children. He is also an emeritus trustee of the

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and was a founding member of the ACM Professions Board. He advises several startups, is on the board of directors for Magic and is an angel investor. Since January 17, 2021, he is member of the board of directors of the automobile manufacturer

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as non-executive Director and member of the ''ESG Committee''.Presentation at Stellantis global website
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