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.

Dave Sommerness
CFO & co-Founder

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.

Bob Ainsbury
Chief Operating Officer

Bob has more than 30 years of experience in technology and software development, fulfilling senior positions ranging from software engineering, to sales and marketing, to strategy and chief executive officer. Bob is also an accomplished author whose business and technology perspectives have been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and on National Public Radio.

Bobbie Browning
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Strategy

Bobbie joined the GovDelivery team in July 2008, bringing with her more than 25 years of federal information technology experience. Since then, she has built and led a team dedicated to improving communications and outreach in the public sector. Bobbie's excellent leadership was recognized in June 2010 with a promotion to Senior Vice President. Her passion is ensuring clients make the most effective use of Digital Communication Management (DCM) services in the context of their mission. Bobbie is a recognized leader in the IT Industry. She serves as the Membership Chair on the Board of Directors of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA) DC Chapter and is an active member of ACT/IAC. A native of Indiana, Bobbie received her BA from George Washington University. She resides in NW, Washington with her husband, Lee Thomas. They have two grown children.

Lance Horne
General Manager, Federal

Lance manages GovDelivery’s Federal sales effort across all products and services by leading Enterprise Consulting, Client Success, inside sales and administrative departments in our Washington, DC office. Prior to joining GovDelivery, Lance worked with Microsoft for more than 15 years, including serving as the general manager for solutions and technology, where he was responsible for the overall leadership of the Microsoft Federal Specialist Sales organization.

Brent Kastner
Chief Technology Officer

As GovDelivery's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Brent interfaces with clients, non-clients and partners to provide direct technology leadership with regard to digital communications across the public sector. Prior to becoming CTO, he was the Vice President of Technology, where he ensured that the Product and Technology visions were closely aligned with the goals of the business, with a key emphasis on flexibility, adaptability, speed-to-market, and growth. Brent joined GovDelivery in May of 2007 as Director of Operations and oversaw massive growth in usage of the system. Brent has more than 15 years of experience working in consulting, software and technology.

John Cook
Vice President of Marketing

John is responsible for marketing strategy and execution for GovDelivery. His team manages marketing across all government markets including, Federal, State, Local, Transit and International. He comes to GovDelivery with 15 years experience in technology and software marketing having worked for organizations such as Lawson Software, Safenet and Datakey in his career.

Natalie Fedie
Director of Client Services

As a Director of Client Services for GovDelivery, Natalie assists government clients in maximizing the effectiveness of their communications and outreach goals. With over fifteen years of Marketing and Public Relations experience in both the public and private sector, Natalie understands the demands and challenges that communications professionals face on a daily basis. Natalie has a BA degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin – STOUT and is serving a second term as a School Board Member for the Stillwater Area Public Schools.

Mike Pearson
Director, State & Local Government Solutions

Mike leads customer relationships for the state and local government markets, including transit. Mike has over 20 years of experience in the government marketplace, with leading suppliers of technology and related services. Early in his career he served as a police officer in a major city.

Carrie Cisek
Director of Human Resources

Carrie joined GovDelivery full-time in 2009 and oversees GovDelivery Human Resources. She has significant experience managing HR functions as well as developing HR in small organizations, beginning with SafeRent, a tech start-up company in Colorado. After moving to Minnesota in 2004, she began providing consulting services in the area of Human Resources. In addition to her early consulting work with GovDelivery, she had the opportunity to assist start-up schools create their HR frameworks and worked side-by-side with them as they brought their educational concept to reality. Fulfilling a long held desire, she continued with one of the start-up schools and had the opportunity to teach brilliant and enthusiastic 5th and 6th graders for a couple of years while also responsible for the school’s Human Resources. Carrie is an east-coaster and received her B.S. from Penn State.

Jeremy Greene
Vice President of Product Management

As Vice President of Product Management, Jeremy leads the collaborative effort behind GovDelivery’s product strategy and execution, combining feedback from marketing, sales, development, and customers to set the strategic vision and lead the rollout of new products and features. Prior to joining the GovDelivery team, Jeremy spent time at SPS Commerce, Oracle and Accenture. Before embarking on a career in business, Jeremy spent time in the U.S. Navy. Jeremy received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from North Dakota State and his MBA from the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

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.

Steve Ressler
Founder & President, GovLoop

Steve Ressler is the Founder and President of GovLoop.com, the “Knowledge Network for Government” which connects and fosters collaboration among over 60,000 members of the government community. On GovLoop, members use social media such as blogs, videos, and forums to discuss best practices and share ideas on improving government. Mr. Ressler is a 3rd generation public sector leader and spent 6 years in roles at Social Security Administration, Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, and DHS Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. He has won the 2010 GovTech Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers Award, the 2007 and 2009 Federal 100 Award, and the 2009 AFCEA Bethesda Social Media Award. Additionally, he has been featured in many publications and conferences including the Washington Post, Harvard Kennedy School, World Economic Forum, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Huffington Post, among others. Mr. Ressler is also the co-founder of Young Government Leaders (YGL), a professional organization of over 2,000 government employees across the U.S. He is a Master's graduate from the University of Pennsylvania where he received the Department of Homeland Security Fellowship. When not in D.C., he spends his time with his wife and two cats in Tampa, Florida.

Joseph Porcelli
Director, Engagement Services

Prior to joining GovDelivery, Joseph served as the first Community Engagement Strategist for the U.S Department of Homeland Security. He led Online Operations and Partnerships for the ServiceNation legislation campaign; founded NeighborsForNeighbors.org which operates the first neighborhood social network; developed new online and offline organizing models for the Boston Police Department; worked as the Senior Associate for a CRM consulting firm; and received awards and international media attention for leading the Nametag and Mug Projects. Joseph lives and dreams engagement.