Leadership
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Scott Burns | CEO & Co-Founder
Scott co-founded GovDelivery in 2000 just a few months before the City of St. Paul became the company’s first customer. He has spent the past decade supporting his passion of encouraging open government, civic engagement, and technology innovation in the public sector. Scott believes that effective use of technology provides the best opportunity to make both citizens and government better. Prior to co-founding GovDelivery, Scott was the eighth hire at a software company that grew into a 100+ person company and was a consultant at McKinsey and Company.
In 2006, Scott was honored with the “Forty Under 40” award from the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal and was named one of 5 “Emerging Leaders” by Twin Cities Business magazine. In 2008, he was one of 25 individuals in the private sector named to Federal Computer Week’s (FCW) prestigious Federal 100 list recognizing people who significantly influence how federal government uses information technology.
Scott serves on the board of the Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce and the St. Paul Public Schools Foundation. He also sat on the strategic planning advisory committee for the Saint Paul Libraries in 2010 and is an active member of the Minnesota Citizens League. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Economics.
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Dave Sommerness | Chief Operating Officer
Dave oversees all operations and product development at GovDelivery. Prior to joining the company, Dave spent five years with the H.B. Fuller Company as a Plant Manager, managing one of the company's largest facilities. Before that, he served as an Officer in the U.S. Army and is a decorated combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Dave graduated with honors from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has an MBA with a concentration in Operations Management from the University of Michigan. |
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Mark Capaldini | Executive Vice President
Mark leads the GovDelivery customer relationship and marketing efforts across all government markets, including Federal, State, Local, Transit, and International. He comes to GovDelivery with extensive experience in the technology, information services and database industries in government, legal, and professional markets. Prior to joining GovDelivery, Mark was the Vice President of Government Segment Marketing for West/Thomson Reuters, where he led the strategic marketing across all product lines for Federal, State and Local governments and law libraries. He has held positions at Focus, LexisNexis, and The Washington Post. Mark earned a master’s degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. |
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David Worsell | Director, Government Solutions, GovDelivery UK
David has over fifteen years experience consulting on and developing advanced information management, electronic publishing and communication systems. Having previously worked for The Stationery Office (TSO), a major UK government publisher and the largest publisher by volume in the United Kingdom, David is well versed in the challenges that public sector organizations must overcome in order to deliver timely, accurate and relevant information to the general public. During his career, David has been involved in major projects including development of ePublishing solutions for major UK public sector organizations including Parliament, The National Archives, Highways Agency, Driving Standards Agency, HMRC and the Central Office of Information. David graduated from Southbank University with a BSc in Computer Studies. |
