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
Building a Sustainable Future: Betco’s EnviroZyme Probiotic Solutions Lead the Way
Background In the world of business, loyalty is a vital attribute, and Scott Prather learned it’s importance at an early age while assisting his family’s cleaning business. Recognizing that a long-lasting career in the cleaning industry would...
Building Company Culture Vital to Retention Success
Background Sometimes, life takes us on unexpected paths that lead us to our true calling. While studying hospitality management at the University of Washington, Edwin Eaton got the opportunity to help his friend's uncle with his commercial...
Inside the Kennedy Collective: Creating Opportunities in the Commercial Cleaning Industry
In 1951, Evelyn Kennedy and 12 other parents stood up to change the status quo and ensure a complete life for their children born with disabilities. Evelyn started a revolution that evening. She also had a vision for her son Brian to have a...