Scott Porter

Scott Porter has over 20 years experience in public safety communications and systems development. He is currently the President and CEO of the Center for Advanced Public Safety Information Technologies, Inc. (CAPSIT), a professional services firm that specializes in the development of advanced, high-availability software systems for justice and public safety applications. Mr. Porter previously worked for the consulting firm Gartner, Inc. in Stamford, CT where he was a Director responsible for the public safety consulting practice. At Gartner Mr. Porter worked with federal, state and local justice and public safety agencies and assisted them in the planning and implementation of complex mission-critical systems. He was also responsible for researching the latest technology and software systems for public safety applications. During his career, Mr. Porter has also worked for two large systems integration firms as a project manager. He has experience implementing public safety systems in over 40 public safety agencies in North America and the U.K. ranging in size and complexity from the New York City Police Department and London Metropolitan Police to very small rural departments. As a public servant Scott worked as an E9-1-1 Communications Supervisor in San Mateo County, CA. There he was responsible for the supervision of a large multi-agency police, fire and EMS communications system. Prior to that he was an Advanced Life Support Paramedic in Alameda Co. CA for three years.am1 Mr. Porter is a member of APCO and NENA and is considered an expert in the areas of public safety systems and communications. Mr. Porter has a Bachelors degree in Business and Economics from State University of New York.