Scout Addis

Managing Director, Mad*Pow

Scout is passionate about figuring out how to do things better, faster, and easier and that's what makes him successful at uncovering the best solutions for large-scale design challenges. From Fortune 500 companies to angel-funded startups, his leadership, consulting, and designs have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in revenue and cost savings.

Scout's interest in complex domains and solving new problems has drawn him to healthcare, financial services, tech startups, and civic projects. He is currently the Managing Director at Mad*Pow, responsible for their west coast operations. Prior to that he was the Director of Design at Practice Fusion, where he managed the company's "design first" approach to product development. In recent years, he’s worked with Barclays Global Investors, Thomson Reuters, United Health Group, Tealeaf, Zendesk, and Cooper. He served as a design advisor to the Tech and Digital teams for President Obama's 2012 campaign and Libby Schaaf's successful 2014 Oakland mayoral campaign and is on the board of advisors at the Opengov Foundation.