Tin Man

Scott Elliott's passion for science, technology and science fiction literature started as a child, when he grew up in the 1950s in a blue-collar suburb east of Los Angeles. He was the first in his family to have the opportunity to go to college, and he started at the University of California at Berkeley as an Engineering student in 1964. Eight tumultuous years at Berkeley infused him with the possibilities of science and technology to contribute to the betterment of human life, but also with the realities of human weaknesses, global social inequalities and social strife.

Scott went on to earn his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He went to work for an Advanced Technology Center for Hewlett-Packard, doing research and engineering on lasers, ultrasonics, and high-speed communications. After 25 years in Engineering and Management, Scott started his own technology management consulting firm, working for more than a decade with high-tech companies in the US, Europe, and Southeast Asia. He is currently back with Keysight Technologies (the science measurement spin-off of HP), where he is a senior advisor.

During his career, Scott developed a love of creative writing and blogging, contributing many papers and book chapters on technology and technology management. He has now returned to his love of hard science fiction by writing very plausible scenarios that employ physically possible technological advances with the realities of human social behaviors.

Scott has two successful adult sons and two grandsons, and he lives, works, and writes atop a hill in San Francisco with his Chinese wife.