Scott

Introduction

With over 25 years of strategy, business development, sales, marketing, product and consulting experience primarily in the Internet, digital media and technology space, Scott has been successful at developing businesses in the United States and Asia (including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Singapore). Doing business in Asia since 1999 and living in China since 2005, his experience includes senior executive roles in public companies, start-ups, and global consultancies.



Scott is currently advising and coaching entrepreneurial chief executives and leadership teams on successfully scaling their businesses; is serving on multiple advisory boards; is a founding board member of Kehilat Shanghai; and is a volunteer mentor in the Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and Chinaccelerator. Scott is also serving as Strategic Advisor for the China market for BitMEX, the leading global Bitcoin derivatives exchange.



In his most recent executive role as Executive Vice President and China Managing Director for Thoughtful Media Group, Scott successfully launched China’s first and largest multi-channel network (MCN) of online video creators, which helped a roster of blue-chip brand clients to reach and influence consumer audiences. Earlier, as Partner in charge of Gallup Consulting’s Shanghai office, as Director of McKinsey’s Insights China, and as Senior Strategy Director, China for WPP’s Wunderman, he led organizations that helped Fortune 500 clients make key strategic decisions for their China businesses based on specific market and consumer intelligence.



Scott holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and he received both an MBA in finance and a JD from UCLA. He is also fully conversational in Mandarin Chinese.