President, Ventless Solutions
The Middleby Corporation
Scott joined Evo America in 2012, sparking the product development work in the griddle, plancha and cooktop categories. Evo became one of Oregon’s 100 fastest-growing private companies for three consecutive years. He directed the launch of the EVent® ventless griddle in 2015, with Benihana as the lead customer. This patented innovation became the catalyst that resulted in the Evo & Middleby merger at the end of 2018. Scott is a leading industry authority on ventless commercial kitchen solutions and creating unique F&B concepts. He has educated many on how to incorporate high-quality, commercial cooking action stations in non-traditional locations, taking essentially dead spaces and creating new pockets of revenue. Since Scott joined Middleby through the acquisition of Evo, he has been working with FSCI designers and operators on a variety of ventless concepts across all of our brands, while also incorporating QualServ manufacturing for front-of-the-house action stations.