Scott A. Jones
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[edit] Biography
Scott A. Jones (born in 1960) is an American inventor. Scott graduated with honors from Indiana University in 1984, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in computer science.
[edit] 1980's
He is known for his work in the early days of voicemail. Co-founded Boston Technology, a voice-mail technology company.[1]
[edit] 1990's
In 1996 Scott and three other entrpreneurs formed Escient, LLC, best known for "science between entertainment and technology". The motivation for this endeavor was said to make technology behave. [2]
[edit] 2000's
In 2006 he founded the mobile question answering service ChaCha.[3]
Jones lives in Carmel, Indiana. His 16 year old son, Andrew, was featured on MTV's Teen Cribs. As owner of seven dogs, Scott was featured as a "Dog-loving CEO" in USA Today. [2]
In 2007 Galaxia, Inc was founded. This adventure has developed into a magical artistic display of LED lights that can be controlled individually to create video animations that are state of the art lighting displays.[4] Scott has displayed this talent in New York City at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park, and at Herald Square & Greeley Square located at 34th Broadway and 6th Ave, Manhattan. [5]
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[edit] References
- ^ [1]Voice-mail Innovator, Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ^ Escient, LLC, Retrieved 12 December 2009
- ^ Scott A. Jones - Biographical article, October 2007 from Fortune SB at CNNMoney
- ^ Story on LED Displays, Retrieved 19 December 2009
- ^ Galaxia Lighting, retrieved 12 December 2009.
