CleanTech | VPVP Team

Scott has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial management experience leading start-up service and energy companies. He joined VantagePoint in 2007 from New Energy Capital, a firm he founded with VantagePoint and has served as its CEO to date, overseeing all aspects of company formation, deal origination, execution and portfolio management. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Scott consulted extensively with state agencies on renewable energy policy, with solar technology and module component companies on strategy and new business development, and with private equity firms on clean energy investments. In 1989, he became President and CEO of Glasstech Solar, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment for the photovoltaic industry who established several world records for thin film photovoltaic efficiency during Scott’s tenure. He joined the founding management team of First Solar in 1988, one of the first thin film photovoltaic manufacturers in the U.S. and now a leading solar technology provider. He was a consultant with Bain & Company in the early 1980s. Scott is a member of the National Advisory Council of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the founder of Sustainable Energy for Development, Inc. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College (BA) and Harvard Law School (JD).