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Scott Mendenhall has over 10 years of Web development and management experience in all areas including strategy, consulting, operations, and programming. He has built and led large development teams implementing various technologies (J2EE, MS, open source) for more than 100 mid to large size clients.

Prior to joining NavigationArts, Scott was CEO and co-founder of OpenHosting, a next-generation hosting provider focusing on affordable, scalable, manageable hosting solutions. Prior to founding OpenHosting, Mr. Mendenhall had eight years of hands-on experience as the CEO and co-founder of M23, a technology start-up providing application development and Web hosting to well-known companies in the hospitality, entertainment and financial sectors. Before starting M23, Scott worked as a Technical Project Manager for Proxicom. His clients included GE, Georgia Pacific, Discovery, CNBC, Chevy Chase Bank, BancorpSouth, FirstMerit Bank, and National Communications System.

In addition, Scott was named by Washington Business Forward Magazine as one of The Next Network, a group of up-and-comers selected by a poll of the region's top CEOs, organization leaders, lawyers, and venture capitalists. He has also been a speaker at COMDEX and ISPCON, and currently teaches a graduate-level Computer Science course at The George Washington University entitled “E-commerce Security.”

Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a focus in Human Resources / Organization Behavior from the University of Notre Dame. He has a second degree in Computer Applications and is pursuing a Masters in Computer Science at The George Washington University.