Scott Strait
Lecturer at University of California, Davis
Schools
- University of California, Davis
Links
Biography
University of California, Davis
Lecturer R. Scott Strait is a senior IT executive with over 25 years of experience leading technology organizations. He is the chief information officer at Renewable Funding, the leader in the administration and financing of clean energy retrofits using property taxes. At Renewable Funding, he oversees technology strategy, development and infrastructure, product management, call center, and lien and lending operations. Prior to Renewable Funding, Strait worked with two other financial industry startup companies. He was CTO at Aria Retirement Solutions, which pioneered a breakthrough guaranteed-income product, and CTO at Prosper Marketplace, which was the creator of peer-to-peer lending. Previously, Strait spent 12 years with Charles Schwab, where he held a variety of positions, including CTO, divisional CIO for the Schwab Investor Services business serving retail investors, senior vice president of technology for back-end brokerage, cashiering and operations, and divisional CIO for the Schwab Institutional business serving independent financial advisors. As CTO and head of retail technology, he drove the development of the technology that led to Schwab’s strategy shift from transaction-based to relationship-based client experience and the complete rewrite of Schwab.com. Prior to Schwab, Strait was with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Arthur Andersen, where he was a CPA. Strait earned a Ph.D. in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University, and holds an MBA from Lehigh University and a B.S. in civil engineering.
Read about executive education
Other experts
Dimitrios Doukas
Dr. Dimitrios Doukas joined the School of Law at the University of Manchester as Reader in EU Law in September 2013. Prior to that he worked as Lecturer (2005-2011) and then Senior Lecturer in European Law (2011-2013) at Queen’s University Belfast. He holds a law degree and an LLM in European &am...
Nicholas Hallman
Education and Certifications: University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri) Degree: PhD. (Accounting) Date of graduation: May 2016 Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina) Degrees: BS and MS in Accountancy Date of graduation: August 2009 Certified Public Accountant – Inactive...
Mark Newsome
Background Mark Newsome brings over 20 years of professional branding and strategic marketing fieldwork to the classroom. Leveraging his extensive experience with various brands and industries, Newsome seeks out innovative and diverse learning opportunities that involve real-world clients for the...
Popular Courses
The Positive Leader: Deep Change and Organizational Transformation
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Jun 23
Leading People and Teams
ESMT
Berlin, Germany
May 28
The Manchester Leadership Development Programme
Alliance Manchester Business School
Manchester, United Kingdom
Jul 1
Private Equity: Investing and Creating Value
The Wharton School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sep 8
Leading Digital Transformation
ESMT
Berlin, Germany
May 28
Leading Strategic Growth and Change
Columbia Business School
New York, New York, United States
Jun 10
Looking for an expert?
Contact us and we'll find the best option for you.