Dan Scott retired from Baker Hughes after 47 years in the research, development and implementation of drilling technology. He has a BS in Metallurgical Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology. During his career he served in several technical and management rolls and managed several joint projects with customers and leading carbide and diamond vendors. He traveled worldwide to observe and conduct testing of new drilling tools and innovative carbide insets and PDC technology. He has over 150 patents and has authored 60 publications, and received numerous recognition and awards: Fellow in ASM, Silver Paten Award from ASME, Distinguished Member of SPE, Drilling Engineer of the year from SPE, Innovative Thinker from World Oil, Inventor of the year from the Year from the Texas Bar Association Intellectual Property Division, Lifetimes Technical Achievement Award from the Chairman of Baker Hughes, IADC service Award, ad was recognized by his Alma Mater for Outstanding Professional Career. He served on over 50 technical program committee including 27 IADC SPE Drilling Conferences.