- 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 inPhilosophy, 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 andSun 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 withC. Fred Bergsten and Nancy Birdsall. He is currently Board Chairman at the Center. In 2002 he founded the advocacy organizationDATA together withBill Gates andGeorge Soros . In 2004, Scott founded [http://www.theglobalfight.org/ Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria] , led byJack Valenti , which provides support in the U.S. forThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria . He remains active in the organization as its Chairman of the Board. Additionally, Scott is a board member at thePeterson Institute and New York-based nonprofit organizationMalaria No More .External links
* [http://www.cgdev.org/section/about/board/scott/ Edward W. Scott, Jr.] at the Center for Global Development
* [http://www.theglobalfight.org/ Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]
* [http://www.theglobalfund.org/ The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]
* [http://www.malarianomore.org Malaria No More]
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