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Scott Leiendecker is the founder and CEO of KowInk, as well as the creator of the Poll Pad. Leiendecker worked as an election investigator for the Missouri Secretary of State from 2001 to 2003, and then as Republican Election Director of the St. Louis City Board of Election Commissioners from 2005 to 2012. In 2010, Leiendecker went to Kosovo to oversee the country’s first parliamentary elections. 4 2
In July 2018, Leiendecker testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Hearing on Election Security Preparations. 10
In February 2023, Steele Shippy became an executive at KnowInk. Shippy ran the reelection campaign of Governor Mike Parson (R-MO) in 2020, served as chief of staff for Missouri state Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz (R), and served as deputy chief-of-staff for Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft (R-MO). 11


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Palermo, Gregg. “Election tech firm opens new St. Louis County head-quarters.” Spectrum News. March 28, 2023. Accessed April 14. 2023. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2023/03/28/firm-behind-election-technology-celebrates-st–louis-county-hq-opening.

Hamdam, Lara. “Former St. Louis Elections Director’s Electronic Poll Book Streamlines Voting Process. NPR. April 6, 2021. Accessed April 14, 2023. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=984534376.

“Scott L.” LinkedIn. Accessed April 14, 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-l-5680094/.