Scorpion’s tale: Walter O’Brien on the CBS show
Walter O’Brien reveals how Scorpion, the CBS show based on his company, has attracted more interest in his firm and tells DQ that the series carries a positive message for viewers. He describes it as The Big Bang Theory meets The A-Team, but Walter O’Brien isn’t discussing just any TV show. This is Scorpion, US network CBS’s drama about a team of brilliant misfits who are the last line of defence against the high-tech threats of the modern age – and the central character is based on him. The series, which began its second season in September, is inspired by O’Brien’s firm Scorpion Computer Services – a consultancy hired by banks, insurance companies and government departments to solve problems ranging from national security to business management. The company also has a sister business, ConciergeUp.com, which aims to solve any problem its customers want to throw at it. “For years we said we’d solve any technical problem,” explains O’Brien, who says he started his first business aged 13 and that he has an IQ of 197. “Then our customers started asking us to solve non-technical problems, such as ‘cure my daughter’s anorexia,’ ‘rescue my son from a prison,’ ‘put a shark tank in my office’ or ‘choose a winning racehorse based on its DNA.’ We had all of these crazy requests. We approached them like we were solving a software problem.” After building a network of experts to solve these problems, O’Brien found he needed to hire more “geniuses” but faced … Continue reading Scorpion’s tale: Walter O’Brien on the CBS show
