Scott began his career with 15 years in the Animal Nutrition business, where he held various roles in formulation, commodity trading, sales management, and dairy team leadership with both Cargill and Purina Mills. Following this, Scott spent 17 years in the Crop Production industry as CEO of E-Markets. E-Markets was a pioneer in production agriculture, being the first company in 1997 to utilize the internet in Ag production by building seed contracting (Oscar) and seed ordering systems, which were later implemented by Croplan Genetics (Soar21) and Dow Agrosciences (Mlink). In 2002, E-Markets developed CINCH, an ERP system for agricultural retailers and grain processors built on the Microsoft Dynamics platform, leading the way in data integration for Ag Retail systems. Currently, Scott is at the forefront of creating a biomarker-based AI tool that analyzes and predicts health and nutrition issues in poultry. DSM-Firmenich ANH business is leading the animal protein industry in applying data science and machine learning for precision nutrition and health with its service called Vera.