You Pool Scouts Guides Provide Guidance and Support

Pool Scouts Support Goes Further Than Knee Deep

In addition to our strong, dedicated team of Pool Scouts, our troop is guided by an experienced team of advisors:

President of Pool Scouts, Michael Wagner

Michael Wagner, Pool Scouts President aka Scout Master

Michael Wagner was born in California but grew up a military brat who lived in many spots and traveled around the world. Michael graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with degrees in Economics and Spanish. Prior to Pool Scouts he worked as the Corporate Sales Officer for Chartway Federal Credit Union. Before Chartway, Michael was the Global Client Services Leader for DuPont Sustainable Solutions. He held multiple senior leadership roles for Coastal Training Technologies Corporation (acquired by DuPont) over a 19-year career. As the President of Pool Scouts, Michael oversees the business and works to drive growth and ensure franchisee support. When not working hard to set new benchmarks for the pool cleaning and maintenance business, he enjoys traveling around the east coast with his wife and two children for soccer games and training sessions. He also enjoys soccer, surfing and time at his own pool with the family.

Carl Alfred, Operations Manager aka Field Scout

Carl Alfred joined Pool Scouts with over 21 years of pool experience. Growing up in the Brooklyn, New York area, Carl relocated to Virginia Beach and found his calling in the pool business. Most recently, Carl oversaw both the retail and service arms of a local Virginia Beach pool business, Aegean Pools, and prior to that worked as the General Manager for Bermuda Pools. Identifying new industry trends and supporting franchisees are all in a day’s work for Carl.

Picture of Lynlea Rudell, Marketing Manager of Pool Scouts

Lynlea Rudell, Marketing Manager aka Social Scout

Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lynlea grew up a die-hard LSU fan. As a competitive swimmer, swim coach and lifeguard, Lynlea spent a majority of her early life in the pool. After receiving an undergraduate Business degree from Elon University, she went back to Baton Rouge where she received her MBA from Louisiana State University. While working towards her MBA, she coached her alma mater high school swim team and led them to win the Louisiana State Championship meet. For the past fifteen years, Lynlea has worked in marketing and advertising, most recently as an Account Supervisor at Otto Design and Marketing in Norfolk, VA. There she oversaw advertising accounts of all sizes from small family-run shops to large credit unions. She is most passionate about helping others achieve their business goals. Lynlea lives in Virginia Beach with her husband, Brian, and two children Paige and Parker. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends at the beach and around the neighborhood.

Director of Franchise Development for Pool Scouts - Timothy Holadia

Timothy Holadia, Director of Franchise Development aka Scout Pioneer

Timothy was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia. In fact, his mother still lives in that same house they brought him home to from the hospital. Timothy has been in franchise development for more than 18 years and loves the opportunity to help people realize their dreams of being in business for themselves. The former VP of Development at Geeks on Call and most recently, CEO & Founder of Franmogul, he has worked with more than 80 brands to grow their franchise networks. The greatest joy of his life is spending time with his son, either playing basketball in the front driveway or watching him participate in sports teams including basketball, soccer, and tennis.

Dave Warn, Director of Franchise Development aka Developer Scout

Dave was born and raised in Alaska, spent 30 years in Sacramento, California, and now resides in Thomasville, Georgia. Dave has been in franchise development for more than 12 years and loves helping people feed their entrepreneurial spirit and free up time through scaling a business. The former VP of Development at Deka Lash enjoys the outdoors camping, fishing, and spending time with his family and four-legged friends.

In addition to the dedicated Pool Scouts team members above, Buzz Franchise Brands provides another layer of support to franchisees through our esteemed leadership expertise, as well as through shared services such as direct mail and digital marketing, design services, and various layers of analytic and administrative support.