Scott Cleland

Scott Cleland is a precursor: a research analyst with a track record of industry firsts. Cleland is President of Precursor^® LLC, a Fortune 500 research consultancy focused on the future of Internet competition, privacy, security, property rights, innovation and algorithmic markets. Scott Cleland authors the widely-read www.PrecursorBlog.com; is author of the book: Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc. www.SearchAndDestroyBook.com; publishes www.GoogleMonitor.com; and serves as Chairman of www.NetCompetition.org, a pro-competition e-forum supported by broadband interests. Cleland served as Deputy U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the George H. W. Bush Administration. Eight Congressional subcommittees have sought Cleland’s expert testimony and Institutional Investor twice ranked him the #1 independent telecom analyst. Scott Cleland has been profiled in Fortune, National Journal, Barrons, WSJ’s Smart Money, and Investor’s Business Daily.