Adam Scott
Senior Staff Director Of Engineering at The College Board
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Scott is a senior engineering leader, author, and educator with 13 years of experience building and scaling digital teams and products, currently leading engineering at The College Board. He has driven large digital transformations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—unifying 20+ applications, improving output by 40%, and embedding DevSecOps, accessibility, and open-source practices across the organization. A hands-on technologist, Adam also contributes full‑stack code examples and GraphQL/MongoDB API samples for his O’Reilly book JavaScript Everywhere, demonstrating practical expertise in authentication, CRUD patterns, and modern web architecture. He combines budget and portfolio management experience (oversight of $4M+ and 60+ people) with an educator’s focus on curriculum and mentorship, having taught web development and authored open resources used across institutions. Based in New Haven, he’s known for translating complex regulatory and technical requirements into user-centered, auditable solutions and for bringing classroom clarity to executive strategy.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Multimedia Arts and Technology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Multimedia Arts and Technology at Duquesne UniversityGraduate Certification Technology Education, Graduate Certification Technology Education at Central Connecticut State University
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
expressjs10
user-authentication10
authentication10
mongodb-database10
nodejs10
mongodb10
api-design9
restful-api9
api-rest9
mongoose9
wpgraphql9
jwt9
wordpress-graphql9
rest-api9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
javascripteverywhere/api
Feb 2019 - Dec 2019
🗄️ API code examples for JavaScript Everywhere by Adam D. Scott, published by O'Reilly Media
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:45 commits, 2 PRs, 33 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to setting up the initial web server solution, creating GraphQL API samples, and implementing CRUD operations. They integrated database functionality using MongoDB and developed user authentication features like sign-up and sign-in using JWTs. The commits demonstrate the user's ability to establish the foundational structure, database integration, and essential authentication mechanisms.
expressmongooseadamapollo-server-expressmongodb
cfpb/click-to-comment
Feb 2014 - Nov 2016
Contributions:32 commits, 1 push, 3 comments in 2 years 9 months
image-processingprecisionfeedback
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