From Custodian to CEO: A Family Legacy Built on Showing Up

From Custodian to CEO: A Family Legacy Built on Showing Up

By |2026-10-08T10:55:47-05:00October 8, 2026|

In 1985, fresh out of Santa Clara University, Ernesto Moreno told his father he would be a janitor. Armando Moreno had spent 35 years as an educator and school administrator, and he believed deeply in higher education. His answer is now part of family lore: “If you are going to be a janitor, be a ...

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Leverage, Language and a Bigger Table

By |2026-10-07T12:25:44-05:00October 7, 2026|

Victor Lizano has spent more than 30 years in financial services, much of that time working alongside small and medium-sized businesses as a banker, mentor and advisor. Today he applies that experience to the cleaning industry as co-owner and general manager of Amazing 360 Commercial Services, LLC, the Indianapolis-area company he runs with his wife. ...

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ISSA Elects New 2027 Board Members

By |2026-10-07T10:46:42-05:00October 7, 2026|

ISSA, The Association for Cleaning & Facility Solutions, is pleased to announce the individuals elected to serve on the 2027 ISSA Board of Directors, which will be led by ISSA President John Swigart of Spartan Chemical Co., Inc. 2027 Officers Vice President/President-Elect: Mercer Stanfield, Brame Specialty Co., Inc. Executive Officer: Kim Price, ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry ...

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Stratus Clean Earns Top Industry and Customer Honors as 2026 Momentum Continues

By |2026-10-06T11:01:02-05:00October 6, 2026|

Stratus Clean, the leading commercial cleaning company and fastest growing franchise, is adding three new honors to its 2026 run. The brand has been named 226 on the Franchise Times 2026 Top 400, climbing from No. 228 last year. At the franchisee level, Lee and Amy Cantres, Master Franchise Owners for the Atlanta South territory, ...

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Airbotx 440X Named Winner of Maintenance Sales News 2026 New Products Award

By |2026-10-06T10:50:04-05:00October 6, 2026|

Airbotx, LLC announced today that its Airbotx 440X has been selected as the winner of the Maintenance Sales News 2026 New Products Award in the Green Cleaning Products category. Maintenance Sales News is a leading independent publication serving the Jan/San industry, reaching approximately 25,000 distributors, wholesalers, manufacturers’ representatives, and Building Service Contractors (BSCs). According to Maintenance Sales News ...

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When Growing a Company Means Growing Yourself

By |2026-10-06T10:33:44-05:00October 6, 2026|

Nancy Galván started Unica Enterprises in 2007 with a business plan, a pile of debt and no clients. Nearly two decades later, the Dallas-based facilities services company employs more than 185 people and serves DFW Airport, local municipalities and federal agencies across North Texas. At the 2026 ISSA VEO Conference in Dallas, where Galván was ...

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ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update | Bicameral Safer Choice Legislation Introduced

By |2026-10-06T12:44:21-05:00October 6, 2026|

Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly round up of the public policies currently impacting the cleaning and facility solutions industry. This update touches on the introduction of legislation to authorize EPA’s Safer Choice Program in both the U.S. House and Senate, the launch of the Global Framework for Action: Advancing ...

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Planning for the Day the Sole-Source Contracts Stop

By |2026-10-06T09:46:15-05:00October 6, 2026|

Unica Enterprises had been in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business Development Program for about a year when it landed its first big federal job. The contract, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, was worth roughly $750,000 a year. At the time, the Dallas janitorial company was bringing in about ...

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Before the Forecast Becomes the Emergency

By |2026-10-06T09:34:53-05:00October 6, 2026|

A flooded parking lot can stop a business cold. A heat wave that drags into its second week can do the same, as can a hurricane that knocks out a key supplier 500 miles away. Severe weather rarely shows up at a convenient time, and the damage often reaches past the building it hits. Steve ...

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