Scott Wharton (businessman)
Scott Wharton is an American businessman, entrepreneur and CEO. He led three successful startups, including two that went public and one he founded that was sold to a Fortune 500 company, before being named CEO of Tandem PV in August 2023, fulfilling a long-held dream to work in the solar industry.[1][2][3]
Early life[edit]
Wharton’s parents were both teachers in the New York City public school system. He holds a BS in psychology from Binghamton University (now part of the State University of New York), and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Career[edit]
Prior to joining Tandem PV, Wharton was Vice President and General Manager of Logitech B2B, a division that generated roughly $2 billion in annual revenue and includes all products, software and services for business and enterprise customers.[4][5]
Before leading the B2B group, Wharton drove 25x growth in Logitech's video collaboration division, building it from a small player in 2015 ($62 million) to the global market leader for video equipment generating over $1 billion annually.[5][2]
In 2018, a year before the COVID 19 pandemic, Wharton wrote that the only remaining barrier to mainstream videoconferencing was "cultural. It’s not technology or economic anymore. It’s how do you get people to actually use it."[6]
Prior to joining Logitech, Wharton worked mostly as an entrepreneur.[7] He has held market-leading roles throughout his career in the communications space including as the founder of Vidtel, a pioneer in cloud-based video conferencing services.[8][9][8] Vidtel had a successful exit in 2013.[10]
Wharton was an early executive at BroadSoft (IPO; acquired by Cisco) and (IPO) where he spearheaded numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including creation of the cloud PBX market and the VoIP service provider industry, and development of the first commercial VoIP application.[8] Wharton was product manager for the disruptive Internet Phone, which many customers called the iPhone, 12 years before Apple's iPhone came to market, although the two were different technologies.
Wharton is a frequent public speaker, including at the World Economic Forum gathering and other events in Davos and at events around the world.[11][12] He serves on the boards of directors of Alianza[8] and Vantage Robotics.[citation needed]
Among other articles Wharton has written: CIO Applications: Is AI a Cure for Bad Meetings? (2023), Forbes: Does Hybrid Work Make Meetings Harder and Less Equitable? (2021), Fast Company: It's a matter of Trust: Empowering your Hybrid Workforce (2021), Yale Insights: Leading Through COVID: A Vast Experiment in Remote Work (2020), CIO Applications: AI: It’s the End of Our Work As We Know It (2018), Entrepreneur: What Happens When a Serial Entrepreneur Goes Corporate? (2017). [13][14][15][16]<[17]
Personal life[edit]
Wharton is married to Mariette Wharton, founder and CEO of NIMBLE, which mentors and trains young business leaders and entrepreneurs, and has two sons. Before joining Logitech, Wharton got rid of his house and cars and took his children (then 10 and 13) out of school to backpack around the world, each family member with luggage only slightly larger than a carry-on bag, for an entire year. He blogged about the trip at One Bag Each.[18] Wharton wrote about how he managed to work productively on the year-long trip with family.[19]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Tandem PV Raises Additional $6M to Accelerate Perovskite Commercialization". Tandem PV. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Solar Technology Innovator Tandem PV Appoints Scott Wharton as CEO". www.businesswire.com (Press release). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ "Here Comes The Sun". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ Magazine, A. V. "Scott Wharton quits Logitech to lead solar energy startup". AV Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Digital & Hybrid Experiences with Logitech's Scott Wharton, retrieved 2024-03-04
- ↑ "Is Videoconferencing Still the Future?". Yale Insights. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ The Silicon Valley Entrepreneur - Vidtel, retrieved 2024-03-04
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Scott Wharton Joins Alianza Board of Directors | Alianza". www.alianza.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ For the Love of Business: Chasing a Dream While Going Green, retrieved 2024-03-04
- ↑ "A Stealthy Video and WebRTC Acquisition". www.webrtcworld.com. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ Geneva Day – The Future of Work, retrieved 2024-03-04
- ↑ "Climate Tech: The Future of Solar · Luma". lu.ma. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ "Is AI a Cure for Bad Meetings?". CIO Applications. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ Wharton, Scott. "Logitech BrandVoice: Does Hybrid Work Make Meetings Harder And Less Equitable?". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "Leading through COVID: A Vast Experiment in Remote Work". Yale Insights. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ "Artificial Intelligence: It's The End of Our Work As We Know It". CIO Applications. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ Wharton, Scott (2017-07-13). "What Happens When a Serial Entrepreneur Goes Corporate?". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ↑ Each, One Bag. "One Bag Each". One Bag Each. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ↑ Wharton, Scott (December 12, 2016). "How I Worked Productively On A Year-Long Family Trip Around The World".
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