Information about Edward W. Scott
Edward W. Scott is an American businessman and philanthropist. Along with Bill Coleman and Alfred Chuang, he founded enterprise software company BEA Systems.
He was educated at Michigan State University where he received a B.A. and an M.A. in political science. He also holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University.
Scott worked for the U.S. government for seventeen years. During the Carter administration, he served as Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation.
After leaving government service, Scott entered the technology industry, working for Computer Consoles Inc., Pyramid Technology and Sun Microsystems where he co-founded Sun Federal, which provided services to the U.S. government.
Scott co-founded BEA Systems in 1995, where he was President. He now has no direct role in the management of the firm.
In 2001, he cofounded the Center for Global Development together with C. Fred Bergsten and Nancy Birdsall. He is currently board chairman at the center. In 2002 he founded the advocacy organisation DATA together with Bill Gates and George Soros. Additionally, Scott is a board member at the Peterson Institute and New York-based nonprofit organization Malaria No More.
Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (or DATA) is a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop
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He was educated at Michigan State University where he received a B.A. and an M.A. in political science. He also holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University.
Scott worked for the U.S. government for seventeen years. During the Carter administration, he served as Assistant Secretary in the Department of Transportation.
After leaving government service, Scott entered the technology industry, working for Computer Consoles Inc., Pyramid Technology and Sun Microsystems where he co-founded Sun Federal, which provided services to the U.S. government.
Scott co-founded BEA Systems in 1995, where he was President. He now has no direct role in the management of the firm.
In 2001, he cofounded the Center for Global Development together with C. Fred Bergsten and Nancy Birdsall. He is currently board chairman at the center. In 2002 he founded the advocacy organisation DATA together with Bill Gates and George Soros. Additionally, Scott is a board member at the Peterson Institute and New York-based nonprofit organization Malaria No More.
External links
- Edward W. Scott, Jr. at the Center for Global Development
- Malaria No More
BEA Systems, Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: BEAS )
Founded 1995
Headquarters San Jose, California, USA
Key people Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Mark Dentinger, EVP & CFO
Tom Ashburn, President, Worldwide Field Organization
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Public (NASDAQ: BEAS )
Founded 1995
Headquarters San Jose, California, USA
Key people Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Mark Dentinger, EVP & CFO
Tom Ashburn, President, Worldwide Field Organization
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Michigan State University (MSU) is a co-educational public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.
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Philosophy, Politics and Economics (often abbreviated to PPE but known as social studies at Harvard) is a popular interdisciplinary degree which combines study from the three disciplines.
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University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. for post-nominals, from "Oxoniensis"), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the thirty-ninth President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate, and was the 76th Governor of Georgia
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United States Department of Transportation
Seal of the Department of Trasportation
Agency overview
Formed April 1, 1967
Jurisdiction United States of America
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
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Seal of the Department of Trasportation
Agency overview
Formed April 1, 1967
Jurisdiction United States of America
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
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Computer Consoles Inc. or CCI was a telephony and computer company located in Rochester, New York, USA, which did business first as a private, and then ultimately a public company from 1969-1990.
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Pyramid Technology was a computer company that produced a number of RISC-based minicomputers at the upper end of the performance range. They also became the second company to ship a multiprocessor Unix system (branded DC/OSx), in 1985, which formed the basis of their product line
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Sun Microsystems
Public (NASDAQ: JAVA )
Founded 1982
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States
Key people Scott McNealy, Chairman
Jonathan I.
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Public (NASDAQ: JAVA )
Founded 1982
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, United States
Key people Scott McNealy, Chairman
Jonathan I.
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BEA Systems, Inc.
Public (NASDAQ: BEAS )
Founded 1995
Headquarters San Jose, California, USA
Key people Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Mark Dentinger, EVP & CFO
Tom Ashburn, President, Worldwide Field Organization
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Public (NASDAQ: BEAS )
Founded 1995
Headquarters San Jose, California, USA
Key people Alfred Chuang, Founder, Chairman & CEO
Mark Dentinger, EVP & CFO
Tom Ashburn, President, Worldwide Field Organization
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The Center for Global Development (CGD) is an independent think tank in Washington DC. CGD focuses on influencing rich world policies to reduce poverty and inequality in developing countries.
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C. Fred Bergsten, (born 1941), is an American economist, author, and political adviser. He has served as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department and has been president of the Peterson Institute, formerly the
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Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa (or DATA) is a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop
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William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955[1]) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen.
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George Soros (pronounced [ʃoroʃ]) (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist.
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The Peterson Institute, formerly the Institute for International Economics, is a private, non-profit, and nonpartisan think tank focused on international economics, based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded by C.
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Malaria No More is a nonprofit organization located in New York, NY that aims to end deaths caused by malaria in Africa. It was founded in 2006 at the first ever White House Summit on Malaria by leading non-governmental organizations such as American Red Cross, Unicef, Global
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