Founder

I turn adversity into opportunity.

I came to the US when I was 18 years old by myself to study math and mechanical engineering. Unfortunately in my last year, my new math advisor looked me in the face and said "You don't seem to look like an engineer" and my scholarships and grants disappeared that semester. I found myself as a homeless dropout far away from home, and cleaning homes to survive.

Even though it was a dark time for me, I got to meet other cleaners in my community and we shared the same challenges. So I decided to do something about it. I prototyped Clyn, a marketplace app at the time, that connected homes to cleaners.

Because my background at that time was not programming, I used contractors four times and failed four years in a row. Then the pandemic hit. I said to myself, "I'm broke, and the world has stopped. I'll just sit down, learn how to code and do it myself." We built the first clunky (and really ugly) app but it worked. It taught me what to look for in a team and how to communicate business needs with developers.

Not only did we get the first version out, we also got the second version out in the market and we have an impressive growing user base. Now, we help vacation rentals and their cleaning crews stay on top of guest turnovers through the first CleanOps AI teammate, and now available across the US, the UK, Africa and Australia.

Looks like my former math advisor was right. I don't seem to look like an engineer. I AM an engineer.