Biographical Sketch: Scott graduated from Penn State University in 1985 with a BS in Accounting and has worked at IBM for over 27 years starting as a mainframe application programmer supporting financial systems, manufacturing, and human resource systems. He moved into project management for application development and support and, most recently, for training development for IBM Software products. In 2008, Scott came back to his roots on the mainframe and is responsible for developing internal enablement on System z, mainly for the IBM Software sellers and Business Partners. Scott is an an IBM and PMI certified project manager.