Scott Yates has over 20 years of professional management experience in sporting goods, industrial supply, contract manufacturing, technology, sales, international business, operations, post-merger integration, strategic planning, restructuring, strategic sourcing and engineering.  

Recently, Scott was President and CEO of a sporting goods manufacturer that he acquired out of bankruptcy in partnership with investors.  Previously, he was interim CEO of an industrial supply company.

Scott has held senior management positions in a variety of industry leading companies including electronic manufacturing (VisionTek), supply chain software (Ariba), receivables management (Outsourcing Solutions, Inc.) and management consulting (A.T. Kearney).  Furthermore, he spent 5 years serving as an officer in the United States Navy, proudly a part of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

Scott has consulted with companies across a wide spectrum of industries in North America, South America and Europe on issues ranging from top-line growth to operational cost-cutting.  Recently, he was engaged in the turnaround of a thermoplastics manufacturer in the southeast.  Scott has an intense attention to detail and bottom-line results.

Scott has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, an MS in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech and a BE in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University.  He lives in Atlanta with his wife Elizabeth and three children, Margaux, Dorsey and Sam.