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Kevin Scott

Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft

Kevin Scott is Microsoft's chief technology officer, driving the company's technical vision and working to make Microsoft a good place for engineers, developers, and researchers to work and learn. Before Microsoft, Scott was senior vice president of engineering and operations at LinkedIn, and earlier held leadership positions at Google in search and ads engineering and oversaw mobile ads engineering there. Scott hosts the podcast Behind the Tech, wrote the book "Reprogramming the American Dream" about how AI can serve everyone, and has published research on dynamic binary rewriting.1

At a glance

Current role
Chief Technology Officer
Company
Microsoft
Sector
Company
Work listed
1
Honors
3
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Career

Scott's career has spanned academic research and industry engineering. At Google, Scott held leadership positions in search and ads engineering, helped establish the company's early remote engineering centers, and later oversaw mobile ads engineering, including the integration of AdMob, where Scott was responsible for engineering and operations.1

Scott then became senior vice president of engineering and operations at LinkedIn, helping build its technology and engineering teams. As Microsoft's chief technology officer, Scott drives the company's technical vision and works to make Microsoft a good place for engineers, developers and researchers. Microsoft's biography also lists Scott as a member of Shopify's board of directors and as founder of the nonprofit Behind the Tech.1

Writing and research

Scott wrote "Reprogramming the American Dream", which Microsoft's AI Blog announced in April 2020 ahead of its release on April 7; the book explores how artificial intelligence can serve the interests of everyone. Scott also hosts the Behind the Tech podcast, which features conversations with people who helped build the technology industry.12

Microsoft's biography notes that Scott has published research on dynamic binary rewriting. Scott is also a co-inventor on patents related to search and information extraction.1

Work and contributions

  • Reprogramming the American Dream Published research

    Author of the book, which Microsoft's executive biography describes as exploring how artificial intelligence can be realistically used to serve the interests of everyone.1

Timeline

  1. Microsoft's AI Blog previewed Scott's book "Reprogramming the American Dream" ahead of its April 7 release.2

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations, LinkedIn1
  • Leadership positions in search and ads engineering; oversaw mobile ads engineering, Google1

Honors and recognition

  • Google Founder's Award · Google1
  • Intel Ph.D. Fellowship · Intel1
  • ACM Recognition of Service Award · Association for Computing Machinery1

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Kevin Scott — Microsoft executive biographyMicrosoft · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026
  2. In new book, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott shares how AI can be part of the American dream (AI for Business blog)Microsoft · Announcement · published Apr 3, 2020 · accessed Oct 21, 2026