James Scott is a principal software engineer in the Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS). Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2015 sales of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. James is a software architect with twenty years of experience in developing software for distributed Unix-based systems.

James is actively involved with the Texas Exes. He is an active member of the Dallas Chapter board of directors and since 2002 has served in many roles such as webmaster, treasurer, and secretary. In 2015, James completed a one year term as Texas Exes Dallas Chapter president. He currently represents the College of Natural Sciences on the Texas Exes Council and serves on the Texas Exes Chapter Advisory Board. The Texas exes Chapter Advisory Board is an appointed group of current and former chapter leaders who maintain an active role with the Texas Exes and who draw from their own leadership experience to assist and guide other chapter leaders.

James earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.