Scott Tibbitts

In addition to being the author of From the Garage to Mars: Memoir of a Space Entrepreneur, Scott is an internationally sought after consultant and CEO mentor on the topics of space, entrepreneurship, and the creation of legendary corporate cultures. He is actively involved in University Colorado Universities as a guest lecturer for aerospace and entrepreneurial programs and is the international aerospace mentor for the University of Southern Australia ICC Incubator. In 1988 Scott founded Starsys Research, a company created from an invention made of seven dollars in hardware store parts and wax. Starsys grew to become became the world’s leading supplier of mechanical devices for spacecraft. Starsys became known in the space industry for its legendary corporate culture that delivered extraordinary results by inculcating Fun and Family deep into its corporate DNA. Scott is the founder of eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship; the only Congressionally funded organization chartered with supporting the creation and development of entrepreneurial space companies. From 2010 to present, Scott has been CEO/Founder of Katasi, working in partnership with US Telco and insurance companies to deploy the world’s first cloud-based distracted driving solution. Scott and the Katasi story were featured by Katie Couric as part of her World 3.0 series on technologies that are changing the world. Scott was the recipient of the “esprit Entrepreneur of Distinction” award and is the holder of 20 patents in technologies as diverse as medical devices, spacecraft products and telecom. He is official storyteller for Niwot Elementary School, and the keyboard player in the classic rock garage band “Too Much Fun” renowned for playing the same 40 songs in the same order for more than 25 years. Scott lives in Boulder, Colorado