About Scott
Scott is the President of AT&T Intellectual Property. He is responsible for the identification, development, protection, management, marketing, licensing, and sale of all company-wide intellectual property. Scott was named President of AT&T Intellectual Property in March of 2007 following the December 2006 merger of AT&T and BellSouth, where he had previously been the President of Intellectual Property since 1998. During his 9 years at BellSouth before the merger, Scott grew their patent portfolio from less than 50 patents to more than 1000 patents, exponentially expanded their IP marketing and greatly added to their bottom line, and gained recognition from BusinessWeek for the significant value of their patent portfolio. Since joining AT&T, Scott has grown their patent portfolio to approximately 15,000 patents worldwide, been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as the #2 most valuable patent portfolio in telecom behind only Qualcomm, and has successfully licensed and sold patents, trademarks, and copyrighted technology to add significant dollars to AT&T’s bottom line.
Scott received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and his Law Degree and Masters in Business from Georgia State University. He is heavily involved in many IP groups, including the being Chair for Georgia State University’s Intellectual Property Advisory Board.
Scott lives in Atlanta, Georgia and is married with four children.