Scott A. Jones
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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 in computer science.
1980s
He is known for his work in the early days of voicemail and co-founded Boston Technology, a voice-mail technology company, with Greg Carr.[1]
1990s
In 1996, Scott and three other entrepreneurs formed Escient, LLC, best known for "science between entertainment and technology." The motivation for this endeavor was said to make technology behave.[2]
2000s
In 2006, he founded the mobile question-answering service ChaCha.[3]
Jones lives in Carmel, Indiana. When his son Andrew was sixteen years old, he was featured on MTV's Teen Cribs. As owner of seven dogs, Scott was featured as a "Dog-loving CEO" in USA Today.[4]
In 2007, Galaxia, Inc. was founded, which developed a magical artistic display of LED lights that can be controlled individually to create video animations that are state-of-the-art lighting displays.[5] 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.[6]
Scott Jones was featured 25 February 2012 in the Indianapolis Monthly discussing new technologies for the future.[7]
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References
- ↑ Voice-mail Innovator, Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- ↑ Escient, LLC, Retrieved 12 December 2009
- ↑ Scott A. Jones - Inside the mind of a crazy (rich) inventor , written by Julie Sloane, 11 October 2007 from Fortune SB at CNNMoney Retrieved 10 December 2012
- ↑ Jones, Del (17 April 2009). "Dog-loving CEOs have a few tips for the Obamas and Bo". Usatoday.Com. Retrieved 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Story on LED Displays, Retrieved 19 December 2009
- ↑ Galaxia Lighting, retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ↑ Scott Jones: A Futurist’s Vision of Technology, 2/25/2012, written by Daniel S. Comiskey Retrieved 4 December 2012