Scott Harris

Scott Harris is a serial entrepreneur and systems thinker who builds companies from first principles: start with what is actually true about a problem, then design the business around it.

He founded Internet Direct, Inc., an internet service provider, in 1993 and built and sold it, then founded SecureTrust, an early leader in SSL certificates whose clients included Amway, Coldwell Banker and Logitech, plus 10,000+ more. SecureTrust joined Trustwave in 2007 in a cash-and-stock deal. He remained a shareholder through Singtel’s 2015 acquisition of Trustwave, valued at about $850 million. SecureTrust’s roots are still issuing certificates today.

Today he runs NexOasis, a penetration-testing firm whose clients include banks, and through NexOasis advises STRAC and FTI on federal PKI policy: the Foundation for Trusted Identity, whose credentials are relied on in 46 states, four territories and tribal nations nationwide. He represents STRAC on the Federal PKI Policy Authority, the U.S. government body that governs the Federal PKI and its cross-certified partners.

He is founder and CEO of EPonGO, an AI music platform for artists and listeners. He is a partner in RightScope, which builds and owns software ventures, and owns Norway Canyon Ranch.

He is also a serious angel investor, with more than 30 companies backed, many through StartUpNV, across data centers, healthcare, real estate and transportation, and a strategic partner to the founders he backs. He has provided private financing to enterprises since 1997, and since 2011 through Red Rock Holdings. Global Harris is the company that holds it all together.

Companies founded and led by Scott Harris have served 80M+ customers in 170+ countries since 1993.