Scott McDermott is a business investor, advisor, consultant, teacher, and coach who partners with Rob Wadsworth in New Harbour Partners LLC, a Boston-based capital investment partnership.

New Harbour provides catalytic capital and business insights to companies focused on growth, transformation, and value creation, working with talented leaders who demonstrate integrity, teamwork, speed, accountability, and creativity. The firm prioritizes leadership positions in niche markets with recurring revenue streams or distinctive expertise.

As founder and President of the Center for Business Excellence LLC ('CBX') in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Scott focuses on business performance, improvement, innovation, culture-building, transformative change, and company development. He has cultivated specialized skills, knowledge, insights, and tools aligned with his passion for business growth and value creation. A graduate of Colby College and Boston College Law School, Scott served as a management professor at Boston College's Carroll School of Management from 1984-2019, teaching in both MBA and undergraduate programs. In the 1990s, he helped build White & McDermott, P.C. into a prominent corporate law firm, representing over 100 entrepreneurial and technology companies in areas including growth, infrastructure development, capital raising, and M&A transactions. From 2000-2007, he worked as an operating executive in enterprise software, network security, and electronic security integration, focusing on business development, partnerships, and operations. Throughout his 40-year career, Scott has served in diverse roles including investor, consultant, professor, corporate lawyer, general counsel, technology executive, and trusted advisor.