Meet the team.
iCleanse is a team of like-minded individuals striving to revolutionize the Digital Out-of-Home space while providing essential disinfection services to businesses.
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Chris Allen Sr., CEO
Chris has built two companies – iDevices and iGrill and successfully exited both companies in excess of $100M in aggregate value. He raised over $20M+ in capital from investors and has deep relationships with key technology partners like Apple, Google, Amazon, and others.
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Michael Daigle, COO
Mike has over 20+ years of product development experience and holds 4 patents. He oversaw the development and commercialization of over a dozen IoT products during his tenure at iDevices. Mike has built strategic relationships with sourcing partners and manufacturing in Asia. He played an integral role in the sale of iGrill and the merger of iDevices LLC with Hubbell, Inc.
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Kelley McIntyre, CFO
Kelley previously led finance, accounting, and human resources at iDevices. His responsibilities include financial reporting, audit, forecasting, and budgeting. He played a key role in deals with Weber Grills and Hubbell, Inc. Kelley has over 25 years of finance and accounting experience ranging from small, privately-held businesses to large publicly traded companies. He has earned both CPA and CVA designations.
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Jerry Bobinski, EVP of Sales
Jerry has over 30 years of sales experience and 20 years of sales leadership experience selling high technology solutions resulting in increased sales and market growth. Most recently, he held leadership roles with Sensormatic, a division of Johnson Controls, Sato America, and Zebra Technologies.
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Brian Surowitz, EVP of Media & Placement
Brian is a sales leader with over 25 years of industry experience, selling DOOH, traditional media, digital, AdTech, data, and audience solutions. His in-depth knowledge of his customers' needs and understanding of today’s complex media landscape allows him to exceed customer expectations and provide excellent service. Brian has worked for Katz Media Group, Yelp, and National Cinemedia, servicing many Fortune 100 companies. He excels at solving problems and building solid relationships centered on trust with each of his customers.
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Natalija Paldrmic, EVP Business Development
Natalija is a startup-to-scaleup expert with 25 years of experience successfully building distribution for pioneering retail technology and sustainability brands. She helped to grow market share for brands like Coinstar, Redbox, Flowater, and others, in their startup and early growth years. She’s a Founding Member of Tech Ladies, and has a proven track record bringing new consumer technologies and kiosks into the Retail Sector.
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Chelsey Clapper, VP Marketing & Design
Chelsey is an experienced UX designer with 10 years of experience in digital marketing. She has held positions at LEGO, iDevices, The Hartford, and currently oversees everything creative at iCleanse. As a freelancer, she has worked with many different businesses to improve their user experience and enhance their branding.
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Nick Kraus, Sr. Electrical Engineer
Nick has 6+ years of electronics and firmware development and holds two patents. He developed and maintained numerous connected IoT products and manufacturing testing infrastructure. He is skilled in designing digital electronics, power electronics, and RF systems. Nick also has experience with RTOS and embedded Linux based firmware development, and automated test system development.
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David Layne, Sr. Software Engineer & Software Architect
David has 20+ years of software development experience across many industries. He has 20+ years of experience with C/C++, 15+ years of experience with Java, and 5+ years of IoT experience. David has spent over 10 years developing mobile applications on iOS and Android Embedded software and has experience with both Azure and AWS cloud systems.
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Adam Turney, Director of Customer Experience
Adam has 25+ years of providing technical customer support to commercial clients and end-users. he has strong diagnostic and problem resolution skills with both a cost and customer satisfaction focus. Adam is proficient in technical writing and product documentation. He also has extensive experience in coordinating and overseeing large-scale deployments with on-site and third-party support.
Meet the directors & advisors.
iCleanse’s advisors bring a broad breadth of experience across various industries.
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Bert Getz
Bert joined Globe Corporation in 1991 and serves as Director and Co-Chief Executive Office of the Corporation. He is also a Director and Officer of the Globe Trust Company and Globe Investment Company, where he serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee. Bert’s professional activities include serving as a Director of IMS Companies, LLC, Wintrust Wealth Management, and Libertyville Bank and Trust, iCleanse LLC and BundlAR. Bert is a former member in the Chicago Chapter of Young President’s Organization YPO.
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Eric Rosow
Eric serves as CEO of Diameter Health. He has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare technology, new venture creation, and executive management. Prior to co-founding Diameter Health, Eric served as the VP and General Manager of Patient Flow business unit for Eclipsys and Allscripts. Preceding that, Eric was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Premise, a company he co-founded and led through its sale to Eclipsys. Before founding Premise, Eric was the Director of Biomedical Engineering at Hartford Hospital.
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Alan Kersey
Alan is currently CEO of CytoVeris, a Farmington, CT-based company developing smart cancer imaging solutions for intraoperative real-time cancer visualization to aid surgeons in the resection of malignant tissue. Alan has been involved in photonic sensing, optical instrumentation, and biotech tools development and systems commercialization throughout his post-university career; initially as a research scientist at the US Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, and subsequently with several start-ups in Connecticut for the past 25 years.
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Michael Kalman
Michael was both a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of MediaCrossing Inc., an award-winning digital advertising agency serving companies of all sizes in verticals including; automotive, package goods, hospitality/travel, live events and pharmaceutical. In his tenure with MediaCrossing, Michael led the advertising team dedicated to helping agencies and advertisers earn and then own the “customer conversation” through activating data and engaging audiences across all screens and media.
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Matt Ryan
Matt is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of success in the marketing, advertising, and media industry leadership roles. Specifically led digital service firms, and marketer digital transition strategies as well as extensive global brand and agency operations roles.
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Cliff Marks
Cliff is an advisor and consultant for the media industry specializing in sales and revenue strategies. A highly experienced executive with an affinity for people and leadership. After a 35-year career as an advertising, marketing, and sales professional, Marks retired as President of National Cinemedia after 19 years of leading the company’s revenue, affiliate partnerships, marketing, and public relations.