Bruce K. Scott
President, ITT Defense International

Bruce K. Scott is President of ITT Defense International, and Vice President and Director of International Marketing at ITT Defense. In this position, he is responsible for planning and directing ITT Defense’s international marketing activities. Mr. Scott came to ITT from the U.S. Army after his retirement on October 1, 2002 at the rank of Major General.

Ret. General Scott is a 1972 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served in a variety of assignments in Infantry and Armored Divisions in the United States and in Germany. He commanded at the company, battalion and brigade levels and served as the Commanding General and Division Engineer, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in San Francisco, California.

In 1997, he became Chief of the U.S. Army Legislative Liaison becoming the Army’s principal representative to the United States Congress. In 1999, he became Commanding General, United States Army Security Assistance Command with responsibility for all Army foreign military sales, supporting 141 countries and international organizations, with more than 4,300 FMS cases annually.

Other assignments include White House Fellow as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation, Elizabeth Dole; Executive Assistant/Aide to Colin Powell for two years; and Executive Officer, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from West Point, Mr. Scott holds the equivalent of a Master of Science Degree in Economics from the Universitaet Freiburg, Germany and a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University. He also attended the Harvard Senior Executive Program for National Security. His military decorations include two awards of the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Defense Superior Service Medal.

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