Current
  • CTO at Point2 Technologies
Past
  • Director, Systems Development at Point2 Technologies
  • CTO / Director at Cambrian House
  • Senior Developer at NETeller
  • Team Lead at CGI
  • Development Manager at PetLynx
  • Team Lead at TransCanada Pipelines
  • Senior Developer / Team Lead at WindRiver Systems
  • Senior Developer at Wind River Systems
  • Senior Developer at AudeSi Technologies
  • Consultant at Agrium
Education
  • The University of Calgary
Connections
173 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Zach Scott’s Summary

Chief Technology Officer with over 12 years industry experience as a senior consultant and technical leader with exposure to a wide range of domains including gas accounting, production accounting, animal management, distributed computing, embedded systems, robotics, e-commerce, human resources, development frameworks, GUI toolkits, and development tools. Experienced in project management using Agile, XP, and TDD. Specializing in complex enterprise systems. Very strong architecture, development, and interpersonal skills provide a solid foundation from which to lead teams to win. Great at public speaking and product evangelism.

Zach Scott’s Specialties:

Agile methodologies, large-scale architecture, scalability, team building


Zach Scott’s Experience

  • CTO

    Point2 Technologies

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    April 2008Present (4 months)

  • Director, Systems Development

    Point2 Technologies

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Real Estate industry)

    June 2007April 2008 (11 months)

  • CTO / Director

    Cambrian House

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    August 2005February 2007 (1 year 7 months)

    Responsible for managing the software development.

    Responsible for hiring developers.

    Responsbile for building required industry relationships and partnerships.

    Responsible for commerce component of crowdsourcing platform initiative. The commerce component is responsible for the collection, distribution, accounting, and reporting functions needed by the platform.

    Responsible for overall commerce vision.

  • Senior Developer

    NETeller

    (Public Company; Financial Services industry)

    October 2005February 2006 (5 months)

  • Team Lead

    CGI

    (Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

    July 2004October 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  • Development Manager

    PetLynx

    (Veterinary industry)

    July 2003July 2004 (1 year 1 month)

  • Team Lead

    TransCanada Pipelines

    (Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

    July 2002July 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  • Senior Developer / Team Lead

    WindRiver Systems

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WIND; Consumer Electronics industry)

    February 2000July 2002 (2 years 6 months)

  • Senior Developer

    Wind River Systems

    (Public Company; Computer Software industry)

    19992001 (2 years)

  • Senior Developer

    AudeSi Technologies

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

    19981999 (1 year)

  • Consultant

    Agrium

    (Computer Software industry)

    19991999 (less than a year)


Zach Scott’s Education

  • The University of Calgary

    Computer Science 19931996


Additional Information

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Zach Scott’s Interests:

Having a beer with friends, reading about space-time, quantum mechanics, and genetics, rock-climbing, skiing, and hiking

Zach Scott’s Groups:

  •    Scrum Practitioners member
  •    Wind-X member

Zach Scott’s Honors:

US Patent #6 857 015 - Method and system for remotely observing and controlling objects


Zach Scott’s Contact Settings

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  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
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