Satellites, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain, Engineer, Leader and CxO, Baller w/ 2 exits + lots of CrossFit

John Scott currently works in the research area of enterprise software supply chain risk mangement. He founded Open Source for America, an advocacy group for use of open source software in government and the Military Open Source Software Working Group (http://mil-oss.org/). John drafted the U.S. Department of Defense policy for the use of open source software and is often called as an expert in this area. He also holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and an MS in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and writes about defense software and acquisitions related issues, most recently at the Wall Street Journal “Send in the Tech Reinforcements” • Founder, Military Open Source Software (MIL-OSS) Working Group, www.mil-oss.org • Co-Chairman & Founding Member, Open Source for America, www.opensourceforamerica.org • Founder, The Codice Foundation, www.codice.org, is an industry-driven consortium of government, academia and industry providing infrastructure, support, education, and export control advice to communities of government-focused engineers and organizations operating open source projects. • Editorial Board, DoD SoftwareTech News Magazine, www.softwaretechnews.com • Former Chairman, National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4) Division • Council on Foreign Relations, Term Member (2007-2012) • Member Alexandria, VA City IT Council • CrossFit Level 1 Certified RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS • Send in the Tech Reinforcements Wall Street Journal, Feb. 11, 2013 • Open Technology Development Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Military Software, May 2011, DoD-CIO / OSD-AT&L published report • Pentagon Is Losing the SoftWar(e), Defense News, 21 June 2010