The Business of Cleaning
A cleaning industry podcast focused on helping connect you to other professionals in the industry as well as provide educational recourses for you to better manage your cleaning operations.
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Meet The Host:
TIm Clagg
Podcast Host
Tim started his broadcasting career when he was 15, co-hosting “Racing World,” a two-hour weekly radio show in Findlay, Ohio on WFIN 1330 AM. He attended Bowling Green State University where he studied Telecommunications, focusing on radio/TV broadcasting. While at BGSU he broadcasted games for the Bowling Green Radio Sports Organization including football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, and softball. Tim spent some time working for the local sports news station, BCSN, before coming to Double A Solutions as our Marketing Communications Specialist.
Featured Guest:
J. Darrel Hicks, BA, MESRE
Owner/Principal of Safe, Clean, and Disinfected
J. Darrel Hicks, BA, MESRE, Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention (for Environmental Services Professionals) is the Past President of the Healthcare Surfaces Institute. He has been a proven Housekeeping/Environmental Services leader in hospitals of 110 beds to 650 beds over his 34-year career before retiring in 2015.
Hicks is the owner/principal of Safe, Clean, and Disinfected. His enterprise specializes in B2B consulting, webinar presentations, seminars, and facility consulting services related to cleaning and disinfection.
Recent Episodes
Disinfecting vs. Sanitizing: Essential Practices For Hospital Cleaning Staff
Episode Summary Darrel Hicks has spent more than 40 years of his life educating and spreading awareness on infection prevention and control as it relates to cleaning. Darrel resides in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife. Highlights Discusses...
The Power of Service: Enhancing Customer Loyalty in Commercial Cleaning
Episode Summary Jeff Carmon produces millions of dollars in new business each year to Frantz Building Services. He also serves as a commercial cleaning industry consultant. He’s found that to achieve long-lasting customers you must develop...
Achieving $7 Million: Financial Responsibility in Commercial Cleaning
Episode Summary In 2002, Chris Mondragon immigrated to the United States from Mexico, seeking to earn money for his family and his college education. Recognizing the necessity of becoming a resident to access better opportunities, Chris...