Scott has 15 years' extensive background in RF communications (HF/VHF/UVHF), cryptographic services and electronic warfare. He also has over 20 years of experience as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Certified Trainer and Cisco CCNA, CCNP R&S, CCNP Enterprise, and Cisco Certified Systems Instructor.

He has extensive knowledge of server technologies, cloud technologies, network infrastructure implementation and design, virtualisation, directory services, security, messaging, web infrastructure, routing & switching, and firewall & VPN services in all areas of operational environments and field operations/deployments in a wide variety of both public and private sectors. He has worked on client sites with the talent and technology teams to create enterprise-wide training and lab exercises for multi-geographic corporations and bespoke programs for all sectors of industry.  

Scott has been employed by Microsoft as a professional author of Official Microsoft e-Learning material and has created courses for worldwide publishing and sales. He has also presented at Microsoft roadshows such as the NHS Tech Roadshow and Microsoft Technet.

He has received the Cisco Instructor Excellence Award (continually since 2017) for outstanding delivery, based on learner feedback and Metrics That Matter.