A lifelong learner, Scott Robertson has kept up with rapidly changing technology throughout his career. We spent time with one of our original Relevant Health Roundtable Advisory Committee members to learn how an agile approach isn’t just for emergencies.
BACKGROUND
Where did you grow up? I grew up in a variety of places. I was born in the Bay Area of California, and moved around between Duluth, Minnesota; Billings, Montana; and Great Bend, Kansas. I would have to say my favorite ‘hometown’ is a tie between Berkeley, California, and Duluth, Minnesota. What was your very first job? I was a farmhand in Montana. The most memorable part of the job was branding calves and feeding horses. The ranch where I worked raised racing horses and they had to be exercised – riding them was one of the benefits of the job!
Tell us about your family. I have a wife, Carrie, and a son, Willem. We’ve lived in Southwest Minneapolis since my son was born. He just graduated from Washburn High School – they had a virtual graduation ceremony for the class this year.
YOUR CAREER
Describe your career trajectory after college. After graduating college, I worked in a law firm and taught myself HTML. I stood up the company’s first website and intranet, before handling similar work for legal firm clients and, eventually, Fairview Health Services, which got me into the healthcare industry. I took a job there as a webmaster and have been developing my technology skills ever since.
Where did you go to college & what did you study? I attended Macalester College in St. Paul and studied Political Science.
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