Scott A. Jones
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Scott A. Jones is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 inventor. Scott graduated with honors from Indiana University in 1984, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in computer science.

1980s

He is known for his work in the early days of voicemail
Voicemail
Voicemail is a computer based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to individuals, organizations, products and services, using an ordinary telephone...

. Co-founded Boston Technology, a voice-mail technology company, with Greg Carr
Gregory C. Carr
Gregory C. Carr is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. His most notable philanthropic venture is the restoration of Mozambique's famous Gorongosa National Park, which has been ravaged by civil war and environmental destruction...

.

1990s

In 1996 Scott and three other entrpreneurs formed Escient, LLC, best known for "science between entertainment and technology". The motivation for this endeavor was said to make technology behave.

2000s

In 2006 he founded the mobile question-answering service ChaCha
ChaCha (search engine)
ChaCha is a search engine that specializes in answering questions through a technique known as the human search engine. ChaCha was created by Scott A. Jones and Brad Bostic...

.

Jones lives in Carmel, Indiana
Carmel, Indiana
Carmel is a city in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States located immediately north of Indianapolis, Indiana. The population was 79,191 at the 2010 census, and is one of the most affluent communities in the Midwest....

. His 16 year old son, Andrew, was featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's Teen Cribs
MTV Cribs
MTV Cribs and CMT Cribs, depending on which channel it airs, is a franchise reality television program that originated on the MTV Networks' MTV. It later aired on its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000...

. As owner of seven dogs, Scott was featured as a "Dog-loving CEO" in USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2009-04-13-CEO-dog-tips-obamas_N.htm

In 2007 Galaxia, Inc was founded. This adventure has developed into a magical artistic display of LED lights that can be controlled individually to create video animations that are state-of-the-art lighting displays. Scott has displayed this talent in New York City at the Tavern on the Green
Tavern on the Green
Tavern on the Green was a privately owned American cuisine restaurant located in Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in New York City. It remained in operation from 1934 to 2009 under various owners...

 in Central Park, and at Herald Square
Herald Square
Herald Square is formed by the intersection of Broadway, Sixth Avenue and 34th Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Named for the New York Herald, a now-defunct newspaper formerly headquartered there, it also gives its name to the surrounding area...

 & Greeley Square located at 34th Broadway and 6th Ave, Manhattan.

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