# Scot MacGillivray

> Scot MacGillivray is a Cervello co-founder and its CEO at the time of its January 2019 acquisition by A.T. Kearney. Based in Hingham, Massachusetts, he previously co-founded Painted Word and held senior roles at Palladium Group and in finance. His later work spans global analytics leadership, coauthored research on data strategy, and internal AI education at Kearney.

- **Role:** Executive at Kearney
- **Organizations:** Kearney, Cervello, Palladium Group, Painted Word, Tucker Anthony Incorporated, Chase Manhattan Bank
- **Education:** BS, University of Virginia
- **Known for:** Co-founded Painted Word and later Cervello., Led Cervello as CEO at its 2019 acquisition by A.T. Kearney., Coauthored research on data strategy, first-party data, and analytics amid supply-chain disruption.

## Career timeline

- **1989–1991** — Associate at Chase Manhattan Bank.
- **1991–1997** — Vice president at Tucker Anthony Incorporated.
- **1997–2005** — Co-founder and managing director of Painted Word.
- **2005–2009** — Senior vice president at Palladium Group.
- **2009** — Co-founded Cervello and began serving as CEO.
- **2011** — As co-CEO, discussed Cervello’s SnapLogic and Birst cloud integration work.
- **2019** — CEO when A.T. Kearney announced its acquisition of Cervello on January 17.
- **2021** — Coauthored Kearney’s annual data and analytics roundtable recap.
- **2022** — Coauthored papers on first-party data and on supply-chain disruptions.
- **2023** — Named alongside Stephan Krubasik as a global analytics leader and credited in Kearney partner AI education.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Painted Word and later Cervello.
- Led Cervello as CEO at its 2019 acquisition by A.T. Kearney.
- Coauthored research on data strategy, first-party data, and analytics amid supply-chain disruption.
- Credited in the 2023 effort to educate Kearney partners on AI.

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Marc Hochman publicly thanked MacGillivray and Cervello’s management team in a farewell post.
- **2025-05** — Shared Kearney’s connected-planning example for energy projects and praised the team’s work.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scotmacgillivray

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