Overview

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Scott Lang is Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board for Silver Spring Networks. Scott was the company’s founding Chief Executive and served as President and Chief Executive Officer for 11 years.

Prior to Silver Spring Networks, Scott first worked with Ross Perot at Electronic Data Systems and then joined Perot Systems in 1988, shortly after the company’s founding. During his career at Perot Systems, Scott spent 10 years in Europe building the company’s international business and went on to lead the Strategic Markets Group, which served the Global Energy, Communications, Media and Travel and Transportation industries.

Scott holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi and was a Graduate of the Advanced Executive Program from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Under Scott’s leadership, Silver Spring Networks was named a 2008 World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. In 2009, Scott was named Ernst & Young’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year in Northern California in the clean tech category and Responsible CEO of the Year in the Private Company category by the editors of CRO Magazine. In 2011, Scott was named the Most Admired CEO in Sustainability by the San Francisco Business Times. Scott and his wife Karen, have four daughters.