Scott Cleland

Scott Cleland, the President of Precursor LLC and the Chairman of NetCompetition.org, is one of the nation's top research analysts focusing on the Internet. Mr. Cleland has an impressive record of industry firsts. He also writes PrecursorBlog.com and Forbes online's Tech Capitalist blog. Scott Cleland recently published Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc. Before his research and writing careers, Scott Cleland served the United States during the President George H.W. Bush Administration as the Deputy United States Coordinator for Communication and Information Policy. He also worked as a Senior Policy Advisor in the United States Department of State, where he earned the Superior Honor Award for his work supporting Secretary of State James A. Baker III.

Mr. Cleland is now a member of the United States Department of State Advisory Committee on International Communications and Information Policy. Among Scott Cleland's impressive telecom industry analyst accomplishments are the accurate prediction of the Congressional telecom monopoly legislation, the dot-com bust, and the WorldCom bankruptcy, saving investors untold sums. Mr. Cleland believes that Internet search behemoth Google Inc. is violating consumers' right to privacy and has testified to that effect before Congress. His long consumer watchdog record cements his status as one of the nation's premier promoters of competition. Many prominent, nationally circulated publications have featured Scott Cleland, including Barron's, Fortune, Investor's Business Daily, National Journal and SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal's investment magazine. Institutional Investor ranked him the nation's top independent telecom analyst not once, but twice.

Scott Cleland studied at The University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a Masters of Public Affairs. He also studied at Kalamazoo College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and received that institution's Distinguished Achievement Award in 2000 in recognition of alumni whose actions have brought honor to their alma mater. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family, sports, and reading.