Jill Ott

Jill Ott is the Science Coach Executive Director, co-founder and inventor, who used her five years of elementary to college science teaching experience to develop the successful Science Coach nonprofit that provides systems, processes and resources helping 6th-12th grade students and teachers complete original research for advanced competitions. Jill brings a wealth of knowledge from not only her teaching career, but also from executive, software entrepreneur, and non-profit management experiences.
Prior to running a consulting company for three years, Jill was the Development Director for the Academy of Applied Sciences and Executive Director for 14 years of the Mastodon Fair, a non-profit that was the largest art and science fair in the United States. Growing the Mastodon Fair from one county to 12, increasing participation to more than 3,000 students, and creating a commercially-available software product called E-Fair for the complete administration of a science or art fair, were some of the major accomplishments. As a 20-year CEO of an entrepreneurial software development company, Jill raised $3M in venture capital, had one patent awarded, and secured contracts with seven Fortune 500 companies and one multi-year government contract.