About Scott Annan
 CEO of Mercury Grove |
I am a software entrepreneur living in Ottawa, Canada with my wife and two young daughters. I have degrees in English Literature, Philosophy, and Computer Science and started my first company when I was 16. When I'm not working with the great people at Mercury Grove I enjoy spending my days with friends and family in the Canadian wilderness canoeing, camping, hiking, running, skiing. It's important to me to be involved in my community, so I am involved in several professional organizations and a handful of amateur ones (like Canadian politics). I read every day about history, fiction, science, philosophy, biographies, current affairs, and anything written well and passionately.Professional BackgroundI have worked as: a marketing manager at Lexmark International (Kentucky), a team lead at Toronto.com (Toronto), tech "guru" at bookdirect.com (Toronto), backcountry wilderness guide (Canadian Rockies), call centre operator (Hell), European E-Business Manager at Lexmark EMEA (Paris, France), breakfast cook at Harvey's (Oshawa), Marketing Consulting Firm Owner (Ottawa), WW Business Applications and Web Manager at Lexmark (Kentucky).More about ScottWhat is your idea of perfect happiness?The morning after a raging party with all of my friends and family, by myself, on a dock, down by the lake, after a quick swim, shortly after sunrise, in August... thinking about how great life is. What is your greatest fear? That the opportunities of tomorrow won't be better than today What is your favorite journey? The Champs Elysees at 5am What is your most treasured possession? Perspective and the ability to rationalize. Who are your favorite authors? Harper Lee, The Onion staff What are your favorite bands? The White Stripe, Arcade Fire, JS Bach, Wilco, Tom Waits Who are your greatest heroes, real or fictional? Abraham Lincoln, Superman, Hamlet, my Wife Before I die, I will... Drink a lot of good wine, Eat a lot of great food, work with a lot of great people, do great things and laugh a lot |
Posts by Scott:
- Beyond CRM: Introducing NRM, 07 Aug 2008
- Can I see your License?, 25 Jul 2008
- CRM Dashboards are misleading, 23 Jul 2008
- Great Brainstorming / Working Session, 16 Jul 2008
- Andrew, you’re not listening!!!, 07 Jul 2008
- Extranet Alpha launched!, 07 Jul 2008
- Damn software companies!, 27 Jun 2008
- Deadlines are not Negotiable, 26 Jun 2008
- Alpha CRM like 37 Signals, but with more potential, 23 Jun 2008
- CRM Alpha Release Update, 18 Jun 2008
