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'''Scott Pinzon''' is a Digital Media consultant for Dell. Before that, he was the Director of Marketing and Outreach at [[ICANN]] until May 2012, overseeing the production of publications, branding, outreach, web development, sponsorships, and new gTLD communications.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/pinzon.htm ICANN.org]</ref> He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), an accredited NSA Information Assurance Methodology network security practitioner,<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3182689&authType=name&authToken=uWka&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref> a writer, and an editor.<ref>[http://www.scottpinzon.com/4.html About Scott Pinzon]</ref><ref>[http://scottpinzon.wordpress.com/ Scott Pinzon's website]</ref>
==Career History==
Scott began at ICANN in 2009<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/pinzon.htm ICANN.org]</ref> as the Director of Policy Communications and Information Services.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3182689&authType=name&authToken=uWka&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref>
Prior to joining ICANN, Pinzon worked as the Product Marketing Manager and Editor-in-Chief at WatchGuard Technologies Inc. and as the Founder / Creative Director at Pilcrow Book Services.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3182689&authType=name&authToken=uWka&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref> He began writing as a teenager and had his first magazine article published at age 15. Since then, he has been published many more times in magazines, has published many short stories, has assisted on book projects, taught writing and book design at the community college level, and is currently working on his own novel.<ref>[http://www.scottpinzon.com/4.html About Scott Pinzon]</ref>
==Education==
He received his education from California State University-Fullerton.<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3182689&authType=name&authToken=uWka&pvs=pp&trk=ppro_viewmore LinkedIn]</ref>
==Fun Facts==
Scott published a series of books and story collections that were targeted toward young adults in the 1980s and 1990s.
A publisher once asked Mr. Pinzon to ghost-write a book for Mr.T, but he turned down the offer.
As a bus dispatcher in Los Angeles, Scott was responsible for dispatching the busses of extras used in Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video.<ref>ICANN 40 Interview</ref>
==Interviews==
Scott talked with [[Raymond King]] at [[ICANN 42]] in Dakar, Senegal about the then-new [[ICANN]] website which was launched in early 2012.
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