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R. Scott Jones is a British-American New York Attorney of twenty-seven years standing who has spent much of his career in international tax transactions and compliance, corporate policy development, separation agreements, voluntary disclosures, and international estates. Formerly of KPMG LLP, he has been a founding partner of the law firm Goldstein Jones LLP for the past eighteen years.

In his new role as Chief Executive of Essentials Scott is excited about co-founding this important initiative with his son, Dylan Jones, and is increasingly engaged in Generative AI consulting. For the past ten years Scott has been an angel investor, founder and/or advisory board member of three startup ventures, one of which is now a prominent UK-based SaaS venture in community-led marketing and expertise.

Scott is a former Board Member of various arts and education nonprofits and remains an Advisory Board Member of the Desert Foothills Theater in Scottsdale, Arizona. He lives in the Phoenix area with his wife and children. His personal interests include philosophy, guitar and songwriting, community theater and playwriting.

Dylan Jones has been a computer programmer for seven years and is a student at Arizona State University, pursuing his BSc in Computer Science. He has already initiated and maintained several projects, one of which involved the technical support and moderation of more than three thousand daily active users at its peak. Dylan is excited about assuming the role of Chief Technologist at Essentials.

Having built his first computer at the age of twelve, technology continues to be Dylan’s enduring passion. Prior to University he was a freelance software engineer for two years with a high-profile operation, working in computer graphics.

Following the initial release of ChatGPT in 2022, he began experimenting with what would become retrieval-augmented generation, a means by which LLMs reason with custom data. He is keenly interested in the deployment of technology in business, prioritizing ethics and the people who use it.

He lives in Tempe, AZ and is a member of ASU’s AI For Business club. His personal interests, when not studying and driving product and business development, include reading, gaming and classic cars.