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Vice Admiral, United States Navy
(Retired)
Chairman, CEO & President of NetSchools
Corporation
Vice Admiral (VADM) Scott Redd is the Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of
the NetSchools Corporation, a high technology
education company headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia. He retired from active military
service on 1 September 1998. Since joining
NetSchools Corporation in the spring of
1999, he has taken an active leadership
role in the rapidly growing education technology
sector.
VADM Redd is one of the most recent CEOs
to join the CEO Forum on Education and Technology.
The Forum was founded in the fall of 1996
to help ensure that America's schools effectively
prepare all students to be contributing
citizens and productive workers in the 21st
Century. Other key industry leaders such
as AOL, IBM, Compass Learning, Classroom
Connect and BellSouth Business are represented
on the Forum. He is also a member of the
Georgia Tech Research Institute’s
External Advisory Council.
During his military career, he earned a
reputation as an authority on defense policy,
international affairs, strategic and operational
planning and leadership.
His last assignment on active duty was
as Director of Strategic Plans and Policy
(DJ-5) on the Joint Staff. As the senior
strategy and policy advisor for the U. S.
military, he guided the development of a
new National Military Strategy (NMS) and
the military strategy portion of the Secretary
of Defense's $1.5 trillion Quadrennial Defense
Review (QDR). Additionally, as the military's
"secretary of state," he was one
of three military officers (with the Chairman
and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff) who regularly attended senior NSC
meetings at the White House. These cabinet
level meetings addressed the broad range
of politico-military policy issues of the
day, including Iraq, Iran, Bosnia, Russia,
Korea, China, Japan, Kosovo, Haiti and NATO.
Previously, he served as the senior strategy
and policy advisor for the U.S. Navy and
as chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense's
senior civilian policy advisor.
From 1994-1996, VADM Redd commanded all
U.S. naval forces in the Central Command
theater of operations, including the Persian
Gulf. In 1995, he recommissioned the only
new U S Navy Fleet in half a century, serving
as the first Commander FIFTH Fleet (COMFIFTHFLT)
since the World War II era. During this
period, he commanded seven real world operations
involving Iraq, Iran and the withdrawal
of United Nations forces from Somalia. Earlier
commands included a carrier battle group,
a multinational NATO force, a destroyer
squadron, and a guided missile destroyer.
A native of Sidney, Iowa, VADM Redd graduated
second in the class of 1966 from the United
States Naval Academy where he studied as
a Trident Scholar and majored in mathematics
and physics. Following graduation, he was
awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and conducted
graduate studies in Uruguay. He was also
awarded a Burke Scholarship and completed
a Master of Science degree in Operations
Analysis, with highest honors, at the Naval
Postgraduate School. In 1983, he attended
the Program for Senior Executives at the
Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT).
VADM Redd's personal commendations include
five Distinguished Service Medals, the highest
joint and naval peacetime awards. He also
wears the Order of Bahrain.
VADM Redd is President of the Naval Academy
Class of 1966 and has served on the Boards
of Directors of several non-profit organizations.
Following retirement, he also served on
the Overseas Presence Advisory Panel, a
congressionally chartered group advising
the Secretary of State on diplomatic presence
in the new millennium. An avid amateur radio
operator, VADM Redd has won one national
and five world championships. He has published
several articles in professional publications.
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