Biography
M. SCOTT SOTEBEER, Ph.D.
Scott is the founder and CEO of Sotebeer Management Ventures, LLC and USA Strategics, a leadership and change management consulting company in the Greater Seattle, Washington area. His current engagements include providing subject matter expertise to Next Generation (NG)911 projects at Texas A&M, the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana, and the University of Washington Applied Physics Cyber Security and Computer Science AI Modeling labs. He is the CFO and a managing member for Nodor Fresh LLC in California and is managing member of ADY Creations LLC in Nevada.
After a four-year contract stint as a strategy, management, and government affairs consultant to NORCOM911, he then served as the Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives for the agency, which provides E911 service to 20 police and fire agency-owners. From NORCOMs position as a national center of excellence and leadership for NG911 technology innovation and development, Scott worked with 911 call centers in King County and across Washington State, served on the Regional Governance Advisory Board for the implementation and oversight of NG911, championed the redesign strategy for a NORCOM 10-year strategic plan, and lead NORCOM and a coalition of local, regional, and state 911 partners in advancing critical NG911 funding requests in Washington DC. In the E911 field, he has conducted groundbreaking research on absenteeism and turnover in America’s 911 call centers.
Prior to re-entering the private sector, Scott served 15 years as the highest-ranking civilian executive (chief of staff) in the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and the 12th largest county in the nation. He advised three Sheriffs in this capacity, directing a workforce of 1,100 employees (800 commissioned law enforcement officers), and overseeing an annual budget of nearly $200 million. Serving Unincorporated King County Washington, KCSO also provides contract law enforcement services to 13 incorporated cities and jurisdictions, where Scott directly influenced the successful regional and national positioning of the contracting and police services partnership program.
His federal affairs work for the Sheriff secured more than $50 million in grants and direct appropriations, including $5 million in UASI funding for a regional rescue/homeland security helicopter. Scott also worked directly with then-Sheriff Dave Reichert and Washington State’s congressional delegation leadership to obtain nearly $1.5 million for emerging DNA testing that ultimately convicted the Green River killer, resolving the decades-old murders of countless young women in the Pacific Northwest. He was appointed to work on policy development for then-Vice President Gore’s SafeCities Coalition, Project Safe Neighborhoods with the Bush administration, and the National Meth Training and Technical Assistance Center. He managed project liaison relationships with the U.S. Attorney General, the White House, Congress, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, DEA, the National Sheriff’s Association, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Scott was instrumental in developing Title IV legislation with Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn to increase funding for School Resource Officers and expand PAL and other youth activities into diverse and underserved communities in King County. Among many innovative initiatives for the Sheriff, he also authored legislation to eliminate the federal exclusions related to managing non-violent, mentally ill offenders in America’s local jails.
Scott has an extensive private-sector background in marketing communications and management consulting. He has advised national and international clients, including the Walt Disney Company, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Britannica, and ESPN, where he helped design and launch the first-ever ESPN X-Games.
He has a strong global focus and perspective through his international work and engagement. As co-founder of Asianet Marketing Resources, Scott has worked extensively in Asian American communities, providing counsel to former U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary, and Washington State Governor Gary Locke; Gates Foundation Director Martha Choe; and the South Korean Consular and National Advisor, among others. He has also collaborated with RTE, the Irish national broadcast company. Working with then-U.S. Ambassador Jean Kennedy-Smith and the Irish Minister of the Gaeltacht and Ireland’s current President Michael D. Higgins, he brought first-time Irish programming to the United States, including the Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which had never before been broadcast in the U.S.
In the nonprofit sector, Scott serves as a top executive and strategist with Crime Stoppers Global Solutions and Board member of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound. He served as Friends of Athletic Fields co-founder and president in Washington State, where he organized, managed, and led a statewide grassroots advocacy group that generated over $120 million for youth and adult sports, recreation, and athletic fields and facilities. He negotiated and secured a $10-million contribution via enabling legislation for Seattle’s new football stadium from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen that funded a statewide Youth Sports Facilities Grant that continues today. He helped reinstitute middle school sports and successfully lobbied to change the maintenance and customer service model for Seattle Parks so that crews were working and bathrooms were open on the weekend and at night when the community used the parks.
Other board positions have included Washington Dollars for Scholars, the Rainier Institute (public policy), Seattle University Criminal Justice Advisory Council, The Firearms Crime Enforcement Coalition (FACE), ASIS Puget Sound, Seattle Athletic Facilities & Education Committee (S.A.F.E.), Project Safe Neighborhoods Funding Committee, and the Washington State and Governor’s Meth Initiative.
An accomplished songwriter and musician, Scott wrote the theme song for the 1987 International Summer Special Olympics Games and Joseph P. Kennedy Junior Foundation that was recorded by Meatloaf and Queen guitarist Brian May. Scott has a Ph.D. in Applied Management & Decision Sciences, specializing in Leadership and Organizational Change, and an MBA with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior.
PUBLIC SPEAKING-- TOPICAL AREAS OF INTEREST
M. SCOTT SOTEBEER, Ph.D.
Scott is the founder and CEO of Sotebeer Management Ventures, LLC and USA Strategics, a leadership and change management consulting company in the Greater Seattle, Washington area. His current engagements include providing subject matter expertise to Next Generation (NG)911 projects at Texas A&M, the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana, and the University of Washington Applied Physics Cyber Security and Computer Science AI Modeling labs. He is the CFO and a managing member for Nodor Fresh LLC in California and is managing member of ADY Creations LLC in Nevada.
After a four-year contract stint as a strategy, management, and government affairs consultant to NORCOM911, he then served as the Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives for the agency, which provides E911 service to 20 police and fire agency-owners. From NORCOMs position as a national center of excellence and leadership for NG911 technology innovation and development, Scott worked with 911 call centers in King County and across Washington State, served on the Regional Governance Advisory Board for the implementation and oversight of NG911, championed the redesign strategy for a NORCOM 10-year strategic plan, and lead NORCOM and a coalition of local, regional, and state 911 partners in advancing critical NG911 funding requests in Washington DC. In the E911 field, he has conducted groundbreaking research on absenteeism and turnover in America’s 911 call centers.
Prior to re-entering the private sector, Scott served 15 years as the highest-ranking civilian executive (chief of staff) in the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) and the 12th largest county in the nation. He advised three Sheriffs in this capacity, directing a workforce of 1,100 employees (800 commissioned law enforcement officers), and overseeing an annual budget of nearly $200 million. Serving Unincorporated King County Washington, KCSO also provides contract law enforcement services to 13 incorporated cities and jurisdictions, where Scott directly influenced the successful regional and national positioning of the contracting and police services partnership program.
His federal affairs work for the Sheriff secured more than $50 million in grants and direct appropriations, including $5 million in UASI funding for a regional rescue/homeland security helicopter. Scott also worked directly with then-Sheriff Dave Reichert and Washington State’s congressional delegation leadership to obtain nearly $1.5 million for emerging DNA testing that ultimately convicted the Green River killer, resolving the decades-old murders of countless young women in the Pacific Northwest. He was appointed to work on policy development for then-Vice President Gore’s SafeCities Coalition, Project Safe Neighborhoods with the Bush administration, and the National Meth Training and Technical Assistance Center. He managed project liaison relationships with the U.S. Attorney General, the White House, Congress, FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, DEA, the National Sheriff’s Association, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Scott was instrumental in developing Title IV legislation with Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn to increase funding for School Resource Officers and expand PAL and other youth activities into diverse and underserved communities in King County. Among many innovative initiatives for the Sheriff, he also authored legislation to eliminate the federal exclusions related to managing non-violent, mentally ill offenders in America’s local jails.
Scott has an extensive private-sector background in marketing communications and management consulting. He has advised national and international clients, including the Walt Disney Company, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Britannica, and ESPN, where he helped design and launch the first-ever ESPN X-Games.
He has a strong global focus and perspective through his international work and engagement. As co-founder of Asianet Marketing Resources, Scott has worked extensively in Asian American communities, providing counsel to former U.S. Ambassador to China, U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary, and Washington State Governor Gary Locke; Gates Foundation Director Martha Choe; and the South Korean Consular and National Advisor, among others. He has also collaborated with RTE, the Irish national broadcast company. Working with then-U.S. Ambassador Jean Kennedy-Smith and the Irish Minister of the Gaeltacht and Ireland’s current President Michael D. Higgins, he brought first-time Irish programming to the United States, including the Dublin St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which had never before been broadcast in the U.S.
In the nonprofit sector, Scott serves as a top executive and strategist with Crime Stoppers Global Solutions and Board member of Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound. He served as Friends of Athletic Fields co-founder and president in Washington State, where he organized, managed, and led a statewide grassroots advocacy group that generated over $120 million for youth and adult sports, recreation, and athletic fields and facilities. He negotiated and secured a $10-million contribution via enabling legislation for Seattle’s new football stadium from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen that funded a statewide Youth Sports Facilities Grant that continues today. He helped reinstitute middle school sports and successfully lobbied to change the maintenance and customer service model for Seattle Parks so that crews were working and bathrooms were open on the weekend and at night when the community used the parks.
Other board positions have included Washington Dollars for Scholars, the Rainier Institute (public policy), Seattle University Criminal Justice Advisory Council, The Firearms Crime Enforcement Coalition (FACE), ASIS Puget Sound, Seattle Athletic Facilities & Education Committee (S.A.F.E.), Project Safe Neighborhoods Funding Committee, and the Washington State and Governor’s Meth Initiative.
An accomplished songwriter and musician, Scott wrote the theme song for the 1987 International Summer Special Olympics Games and Joseph P. Kennedy Junior Foundation that was recorded by Meatloaf and Queen guitarist Brian May. Scott has a Ph.D. in Applied Management & Decision Sciences, specializing in Leadership and Organizational Change, and an MBA with an emphasis on Organizational Behavior.
PUBLIC SPEAKING-- TOPICAL AREAS OF INTEREST
- Destination Thinking: Why Change Dies
- NG911, cybersecurity, AI, and all of the things criminals love about new technology
- Change integration: how to move at the speed of learning
- Organizational culture: what it means, what it does, and why it matters
- Public sector mindset- why it creates a public and private culture clash
