Scott Hayden is the vice president and associate general counsel of the intellectual property group at Amazon.com. Scott received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Technology from Purdue University, his Masters Business of Administration from Illinois University, and his JD from Saint Louis University. After 13 years with Emerson Electric in the engineering and corporate legal departments, Scott joined Armstrong Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri as an intellectual property attorney. In 1999, Scott became the division IP counsel for General Electric in Melbourne, Florida. Following several years as General Counsel of a GE business, Scott returned to IP as the founding leader of GE’s global patent operations in Fairfield, Connecticut. In 2006, Scott joined Amazon.com as the Vice President of the intellectual property group with responsibility for all patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and domain issues. He has managed the growth of the IP team from 4 people to over 80 and is responsible for a patent portfolio of 18,000+ patent families.