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Startup Founder and Advisor with successful exit. Best-selling author.
Scott Schlimmer is a former CIA officer who has advised multinational companies on security and trained their security teams. Scott co-founded CyberSaint, a leading platform for automated, intelligent cybersecurity risk and compliance. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Scott earned a National Intelligence Award for his work preventing terrorist attacks to the United States homeland. He regularly advised the President of the United States, Vice President, top military Generals, and members of Congress on a variety of issues.
He founded an intelligence product for the Vice President, Cabinet-level officials, and the National Security Council and managed CIA’s efforts on a recent, highest-profile topic for the CIA Director. He has represented the US Government with foreign governments throughout the world.
Scott also served with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Canadian House of Commons, and the task force dedicated to protecting the Olympic Games in Vancouver from terrorist attacks.
To further hone his leadership skills, Scott has led teams in the wilderness, in addition to traditional executive coaching.
He earned his Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees (honors) at the University of Michigan. He completed the Advanced Analyst program at the Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis and completed the Leadership Certificate and Structured Brainstorming Facilitator programs at CIA University.
I am a digital nomad. LinkedIn has not caught up with the times and still requires a location, which is why I list San Francisco.