Stuart L. Scott

Stuart L. Scott is Chief Information Officer of Tempur-Pedic International. Scott joined Tempur-Pedic in October 2009 where he leads the IT organization globally. Tempur-Pedic is headquartered in Lexington, KY and has operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Prior to this position, Scott was Chief Operating Officer of TBW where he led the Mortgage Servicing, Insurance, Appraisal management and Title business units as well as the shared services functions.

Scott was previously the Chief Information Officer for Microsoft Corporation where he was responsible for the IT, Quality, and Risk Management organizations. With his work in driving Microsoft’s IT transformation and customer relationships, Scott was recognized as one of the IT industry’s Top 50 Innovators by InformationWeek in 2007. The prior 17 years, Scott held roles at General Electric Co. (GE), where he was a Corporate Vice President and served as CIO for its Consumer, Industrial and Healthcare divisions. He was recognized by CIO Magazine as one of the Top 100 CIO’s while at GE.

He holds bachelors and masters degrees in engineering, mathematics, and computer science from the University of Louisville, as well as an MBA from Vanderbilt University. He is a Six Sigma certified black belt and a graduate of GE’s Leadership Development Program. Scott lives with his wife and seven children in Lexington, KY.