Our story

Built By A Janitorial Company. For Janitorial Companies.

We didn't pivot here. We've been doing this work for 12 years.

CleanOps started as an internal tool at Northstar Clean — a 200-person commercial janitorial company in the Midwest. We were running operations on Connecteam, time on ADP, SDS in a 4-inch binder, client reports in Excel, and a custom Access database from 2008. Every week something fell through the cracks.

"We almost lost a Fortune 500 contract because we couldn't produce a single audit log the inspector asked for. That night, we started building."
— Marcus Tate, Co-founder

Three years later, our internal tool had replaced every other system. Supervisors got their nights back. Compliance audits became a one-click export. Clients renewed at 94%. We knew we had something the rest of the industry needed.

In 2023, we spun CleanOps out as a standalone product. Today, 1,200+ commercial janitorial companies across North America run their business on CleanOps — from two-person startups to 5,000-cleaner enterprise operations.

Our mission

To give every commercial janitorial company — no matter their size — the operational backbone of a Fortune 500 facility services firm.

What We Believe

Built for the field

Designed by people who've pushed mop buckets at 2 a.m. — not Bay Area product managers.

Compliance first

If it doesn't keep you audit-ready, we don't ship it.

People-centered

Cleaners are the heart of this industry. Our app respects their time and dignity.

Simple by design

Three taps to log a job. Five clicks to invoice. No training week required.

Leadership

The Team

Operators first. Software people second.

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Marcus Tate

Co-founder & CEO

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Lena Rivera

Co-founder & COO

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Andre Park

Head of Product

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Priya Khan

Head of Engineering

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