Scott Taylor of Symantec Named Savoy Top 100

EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary named among "Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America" for 2016 

Savoy Magazine has recognized Scott Taylor, Symantec’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” for 2016. As a leading African-American lifestyle publication, each year Savoy Magazine publishes a list of Top 100 honorees who have exhibited exemplary professional accomplishments, community achievements and ability to inspire others. This is the second time Taylor has been included in the list among some of the nation’s most accomplished African-American executives, influencers and achievers in corporate America.

Scott joined Symantec in 2007, became General Counsel in 2008, and now leads a global team of 143 professionals. He oversees the company’s legal work, intellectual property portfolio, government affairs, public policy, corporate responsibility and philanthropic work. He is also a Director on the corporate board of Piper Jaffray, a national advisory board member of the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity, and the executive champion and sponsor of SyBER, Symantec’s Black Employee Resource Group. Symantec recently re-launched SyBER, previously Symantec Black Employee Network (SBEN), at a networking mixer hosted at the Symantec Mountain View campus in partnership with HBCU Connect. Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are more than just a network of passionate employees; they are an invaluable resource for identifying and acting on potential solutions.