Scott Watson
- Role
- Principal, Technology Transformation at Point B
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Scott Watson
Scott is a Principal in Point B’s Technology Transformation practice and leader of Point B’s Seattle CIO and IT Infrastructure Leader communities. He has over 30 years of experience in information technology organization and project leadership, data center migrations (infrastructure and applications), IT assessment and strategy development, cloud transformation, application management, and business analysis roles in the healthcare, retail, maritime, financial services, architecture, technology, public sector, and energy industries. Scott successfully applies his strong, balanced background of business and technical skills coupled with his passion for open, collaborative teamwork to a broad range of interim leadership, IT assessment, data center migration, technology selection, and advisory roles.
Experience
Principal, Technology Transformation
Sep 2013 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Interim IT Leadership accountable for assessment, management, operation, transformation of our client\'s critical technology and enterprise application teams during periods of management transition- IT Assessments: Assessed the capability of each client’s IT organization and technology infrastructure to efficiently support the client’s growth, support the delivery of high quality products and services, align IT infrastructure with best practices, and understand inter-team dynamics that may be hindering the efficient and effective delivery of information technology- IT Strategy and Cloud Strategy development: Leading clients through the process of establishing a multi-year IT people, process, and technology strategy that allows technology to enable the business- Large technology transformation: Lead application and infrastructure technology teams through the planning, architecture, design, testing, and execution of data center migrations and other large technology changes- Cloud Transformation - Help clients understand the potential benefits of cloud infrastructure and application technologies, develop cloud strategies, then execute on that vision- Public Speaker:\"Maximizing your cloud investment: The true cost of cloud and reining in unexpected costs\",\"Multi-year commitment discounts: Maximize savings by minimizing your early commitments\",\" Application rationalization: Understanding, measuring, and reducing SaaS application sprawl\"
Education
Washington State University
BS, Computer Science, Accounting
1982 — 1985
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