Scott A. Scanlon is Co-CEO of Hunt Scanlon Ventures, which was formed to assist human capital firms realize their full investment potential. Scott has spent the last five years building the firm’s M&A advisory unit, which now offers a full range of critical solutions to guide founders and their management teams to successful exits.

Under Scott’s supervision, Hunt Scanlon Ventures has helped close more than twenty five of the most prominent M&A transactions in the human capital space over the last 60 months, including AEA Investors’ acquisition of software recruiting leader Bespoke Partners; ZRG/RFE Investment Partners’ acquisition of culture change consultancy Walking the Talk and sports & entertainment recruiting specialist Turnkey Search; True/ LLR Partners’ acquisition of cleantech recruiting boutique Hobbs & Towne; and the deal that brought cybersecurity recruiting specialist Alta Associates and its sister company Executive Women’s Forum to ShoreView Industries/The Diversified Search Group. These represent just six of the many M&A deals that Scott has spearheaded, with numerous others in a very active pipeline.

Thirty-five years ago, Scott co-founded Hunt Scanlon Media, a widely recognized news, market intelligence, and public relations firm. He is an accomplished journalist and editor. He has co-authored eight popular business and career books and is a frequently quoted expert on recruitment issues in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Crains, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes and others. Navigating Your Career, co-written with Christopher W. Hunt, was selected as one of the ‘30 Best Business Books’ of 1999.

Scott has maintained a long and successful business career. Prior to co-founding Hunt Scanlon Media, he has held roles with McLagan Partners and, later, with AON Hewitt. Scott earned a B.A. in History with a minor in Economics from Fairfield University and read Russian languages at Harvard University.