Scott Hickman is the CEO of Riverbend Malt House, an Asheville, North Carolina based producer of high quality, locally sourced craft malt utilized by the craft brewing and craft distilling industries.  Previously, he held the position of CEO at the W.P.Hickman Company (2009 North Carolina Small Business of the Year runner up), which was sold in 2012 to a public company. Scott was a member of the Board of Directors of Mission Health System in Asheville from 2009 to 2019 and during his tenure served terms as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee.

Scott has many years of sales, marketing and executive experience with companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 firms, including a 13-year stint with technology pioneer Sun Microsystems, which included the opportunity to manage Sun’s Eastern European operations in Budapest, Hungary.  He has taught business strategy as an adjunct professor at the University of North Carolina, Asheville.  Scott holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University.