CEO at The Catalyst Group
Portland, Oregon Area
CEO at The Catalyst Group
Portland, Oregon Area
Scott is the CEO of The Catalyst Group, a professional services firm that provides senior executives pragmatic advice on how to harness Business Technology to achieve strategic growth goals, adapt to changing market conditions and enhance competitive advantage.
Throughout his career, clients have relied on Scott to successfully navigate a myriad of business challenges and deliver solutions that produce measurable results.
Prior to founding The Catalyst Group, Scott held positions with aQuantive's Avenue A | Razorfish Division, Enterprise Solution Group, where he was responsible for strategic client acquisition [NASDAQ: AQNT - Acquired by MSFT].
He was Regional Vice President at STEP Technology -- an advanced custom application development firm -- where he founded the Portland CIO Forum.
Prior to STEP, Scott was a consultant on retainer to a Portland area hospital and assisted senior executives on various strategic initiatives including the expansion of the Emergency Department and Family Birth Center, Patient and Family Centered Care policies, new technology rollout and education, among others.
Business value analysis and justification, marketing technology, strategic marketing, B2B marketing, ROI analysis, enterprise software, software solutions, Business Technology, Enterprise 2.0.
(Internet industry)
2005 — Present (4 years )
The Catalyst Group provides senior executives pragmatic advice on how to harness Business Technology to achieve strategic growth goals, adapt to changing market conditions and enhance competitive advantage.
(Public Company; AQNT; Marketing and Advertising industry)
2003 — 2005 (2 years )
Avenue A-Razorfish Division, Enterprise Solutions Group, PNW
Exceptional strategic business development leadership resulting in multi-million dollar enterprise solution engagements with Fortune 100 accounts.
Led large cross-functional teams in complex sales pursuits – including partners, subcontractors, analysts, architects and industry experts.
Business value justification and ROI analysis to CFOs and LoB executives for large-scale enterprise-wide software deployments.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Successfully led regional sales team and business development initiatives to increase top line revenues and expand market presence. Opened Seattle office that grew to staff of 40.
Led regional marketing initiatives including development of Portland CIO Forum and .NET Seminar Series for Business Decision Makers. Relationships with C-level executives led to numerous multi-year, multi-million dollar engagements.
SAO, IIBA, AIIM