Edward D. Scott

While at NCR, Ed spearheaded the technology investigations that led to NCR's partnership with Teradata in the early 1990's, developed the initial Business Plan for the Joint Development Project, and served as Chief Architect for the NCR/Teradata Next Generation System that developed the BYNETÔ and parallel Unix PDEÔ technologies used in NCR’s current Teradata Data Warehousing solutions.  He also drove the internal business case analyses, and prepared the successful proposal presented to AT&T Chairman, Bob Allen, that led to NCR's acquisition of Teradata in 1992.  In earlier assignments with NCR, Ed developed two database management systems, and was the lead development manager on NCR's VRX Operating System in the mid-1970's, still NCR's most profitable computer program.

Between these assignments Ed has pursued several additional career interests.  He was a principal in three high tech California startups; he has been a development and customer support manager for three multinational computer companies, including Honeywell, Motorola, and National Semiconductor; and he has served as an independent strategy/technology consultant for two Los Angeles based venture firms.  He has authored several articles on Massively Parallel Processing and Database Transaction Processing, and he holds a software patent on the internet file upload technology used by all major portals today.

Ed has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  He currently resides with his wife in Anthem, Arizona, where he is working on a book on strategy formulation and consulting assignments with several high tech startups.