# Scott Hassan: CEO, Beam

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Software engineer and entrepreneur who founded Suitable Technologies as a spinoff from Willow Garage. He was an early investor in Google, a key figure in its early search development, and also built Yahoo Groups and worked at Alexa Internet.

- **Nationality:** American
- **Verification posture:** reported

## Current roles (2)

- [Beam](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/beam.md) CEO & Co-founder, Suitable Technologies (secondary-verified)
- [Beam](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/beam.md) Founder (secondary-verified)

## Former / Previously (1)

- [Willow Garage](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/willow-garage.md) Founder, Willow Garage (? to 2013-01-01) (secondary-verified)

## Sources (1)

1. https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/26/beam-the-remote-controlled-telepresence-robot-gets-acquired-by-denmarks-blue-ocean-robotics/


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