Education
Mr. Jackson received his BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Texas in 1957. He received his MS degree from UCLA in 1966 in the fluid mechanics. His master's thesis was "On the Theory of Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves."

Experience
Formerly with Boeing, Mr. Jackson’s early work (1962) established the mathematical basis for maneuvering reentry of Space Shuttle type vehicles. In 1965 Mr. Jackson focused on systems engineering culminating in becoming the Chief Systems Engineer on a space program in 1989. His focus area has been the application of systems engineering to commercial aircraft since 1994. Most recently, Scott was the lead engineer for six programs to assure that systems are resilient to catastrophes, such as Challenger and Columbia.

• Analysis and predictive methodologies for system resilience to catastrophic failure.

• Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE).
• Distinguished Engineer Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2006

• Assistant Director for INCOSE Public Interest Segment 
• Chair, INCOSE Resilient Systems Working Group
• Principal of the USC Center for Systems and Software Engineering
• Associate Editor, the journal Systems Engineering

• Systems Engineering for Commercial Aircraft, Ashgate Publishing Limited (1997)
• "Organizational Safety: A Systems Engineering Perspective," INCOSE, 2002.
• "Attributes of a Managerial and Organizational Infrastructure to Ensure Safe Systems,” with Stuart D. Hann, INCOSE 2004