Scot is a skilled business and sales manager with experience in both large companies as well as small, entrepreneurial organizations. Prior to joining Baker Communications, his business career started with Fina Oil and Chemical where he rose from Sales Representative through many promotions in sales management and product management to become Vice President and General Manager of their $500+ million Styrenics Division.

His accomplishments include leading this organization to record sales and profits, playing a lead role in bringing the largest production facility of its type on line, normalizing relations between the Brussels-based parent and its U.S. business units, improving on his business unit's position as the world's lowest cost manufacturer, as well as leading the organization to the number one position in customer satisfaction among peers. In addition, during his career with Fina he led the re-engineering of the plastics division’s supply chain and the implementation of balanced scorecards.

In 2000, he was recruited by TownsendTarnell.com as Chief Operating Officer. In 2001, he was promoted to President and CEO of Townsend's Polymer Services and Information, an information provider to the plastics and petrochemicals industry. Under his leadership, this organization re-focused its efforts on its core competencies, re-engineering all of the core product areas including implementation of the largest product as an internet based product.

Scot has lived and worked in Europe as well as in many parts of the United States. He has served on numerous corporate committees, including Fina’s Product Stewardship Council, SAP Steering Committee and Corporate HSE Steering Committee. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Polystyrene Packaging Council, the Styrene Information Research Council, the National Polystyrene Recycling Company, Cosmar Inc., a joint venture of Fina and General Electric Plastics, and Phillip Townsend Associates.

Scot is a graduate of Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and a minor in Economics. Previously, he had earned an Associate of Applied Science in Forestry at Paul Smith’s College in New York State.