Pool Scouts Franchise Welcomes David Mele as New Brand President

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ - Pool Scouts is excited to announce the appointment of David Mele as the new brand president. With an impressive background in business management and a track record of driving growth, Mele is set to lead Pool Scouts into a new era of expansion and innovation.

Born in Washington D.C. and raised in Maryland, Mele attended the University of Virginia, where he majored in business with a concentration in marketing. After graduating, he joined Accenture, a global management consulting company, where he spent five years in the change management practice.

Driven by a desire to shift from advising to running a business, Mele pursued an MBA and joined Landmark Media Enterprises, a privately held media company based in Virginia. "I was looking for a fast track to P&L ownership," he said. "I had a chance to work in a variety of functions and eventually ran digital operations for our flagship newspaper, The Virginian-Pilot."

Mele's leadership extended to running a regional news and entertainment portal and building a digital agency that helped businesses with search engine marketing, website development and social media. He then served as publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and president of Pilot Media.

In 2014, Mele became the president of Homes.com. He spent the next decade growing the company into the second largest real estate listing platform.

"That was a very exciting journey," Mele said. "We grew it to the point of being acquired, and I learned all about how to grow businesses, optimize digital marketing channels, and drive top-line revenue growth."

This year, after the Pool Scouts founding president, Michael Wagner stepped down as brand president, the team reached out to Mele to see if he'd be interested in taking on the role. Right away, Mele says he could tell it would be a great fit.