SS

Scott Sutherland

Chief Operating Officer at Toposware

United States

Overview 

Scott Sutherland is the Chief Operating Officer at Toposware, leveraging his extensive experience in leadership, customer service, marketing strategy, and account management. With a background in roles such as Chief Operating Officer at MedScale+ and Business Development Manager at Weka Solutions, he has demonstrated a strong track record in driving business growth and operational excellence. Scott Sutherland holds an MBA from Auckland University of Technology and a BS from the University of Calgary, bringing a solid educational foundation to his role as COO at Toposware. His career highlights include leading successful business operations at various companies and showcasing expertise in new business development and strategic management.

Work Experience 

T

Toposware

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2022 - Current

    Responsible for all growth aspects of VC-backed startup including fundraising, operational establishment (systems, legal, finance/tax, IP, people, marketing), product/ecosystem go-to-market, and ultimate acquisition by Polygon Labs. Toposware is developing Topos, a trustless and secure multi-chain ecosystem of interoperable blockchains that leverages zero-knowledge proofs and reliable broadcast to offer seamless interchain communication without relying on trust in validators, nor consensus. Toposware’s research-led approach to interoperability removes the risks associated to cross-chain communication by providing cryptographic security as opposed to economic security. The Topos protocol has been designed and built in collaboration with leading research institutes such as the CEA and Inria, leading to multiple publications. Trust less. Connect more.

Toposware develops a fully interoperable blockchain ecosystem powered by zero-knowledge proofs.

Raised $14,075,489.00 from K2 Access Fund, Triatomic Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, Sandeep Nailwal and Triatomic Capital.

toposware.com
PI

Plecosystems Inc.

  • Digital Strategy Advisor

    2016

    Responsible for GTM/BD strategy, client product strategy and program/product execution for management consulting and engineering firm - grew team (internal/external) from 4 to 80. Plecosystems is a boutique consulting and digital transformation partner for large corporates and private equity firms with a mandate of making innovation accessible. Thesis #1: Digital transformation is most significant opportunity for small/mid cap PE PortCos. Thesis #2: Massive opportunity for Agile, UX-led product development and management consultancy within Enterprise.

Plecosystems offers digital execution, staff augmentation, and IT consulting services.

plecosystems.com

MedScale+

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2016 - 2019

    Founding product owner, team/growth operations for medical compliance startup from initial conception, seed and through successful Series A funding, and product market fit. MedScale+ is a compliance management software tool managing medical compliance and “last-mile” pharmaceutical tracking for remote industries. PE-backed startup built to radically transform portfolio company business/revenue model from product-margin business to compliance/insurance SaaS..

WS

Weka Solutions, Inc.

  • Business Development Manager/ Management Consultant

    2015 - 2016

    Digital Health and Emerging Technologies Advocate Weka Solutions provides a variety of services for innovation dedicated to helping the Life Sciences maximize the value of information. o Intelligent vaccine refrigerator o Online retail anti-counterfeiting platform o Social analytics tool for pharmaceutical efficacy tracking

SSS St Heliers Management

  • Director

    2013 - 2015

BOF Ltd.

  • Management Consultant/ Managing Director

    2011 - 2015

Education 

Articles About Scott

Relevant Websites