David Mele Named as Brand President of Pool Scouts

Pool Scouts, the 65-unit pool cleaning franchise, has appointed David Mele as its new brand president, PoolPro Magazine recently reported.

Mele earned his business degree with a focus on marketing from the University of Virginia. After graduation, he started his career at Accenture, a global management consulting firm, and later pursued a Master of Business Administration. He went on to join Landmark Media Enterprises, a Virginia-based private media company, where he served as publisher of The Virginian-Pilot and president of Pilot Media.

In 2014, Mele took on the role of president at Homes.com, where he spent the next decade expanding the platform into the second-largest real estate listing site, attracting 100 million unique visitors each month.

“My style is highly collaborative,” said Mele. “I like to be a constructive partner with business owners, franchisees or anyone I’m working with.”