By Susan Elise Campbell
White Glove Janitorial Service invites area businesses to enjoy much more than a dirt-free, healthier workplace. According to founder Kris Brunelle, his “grime fighters are cleaning up the community and making a difference.”
The veteran-owned company opened in October 2022 and now has seven staff cleaning offices and medical facilities, as well as manufacturing spaces, dealerships, and gyms. Brunelle also offers post-construction cleaning services and residential cleanup for homeowners moving in or out.
Brunelle is a former Seabee who has “built things around the world,” he said. His career as a carpenter for the Navy’s construction battalion took him to Spain, Croatia, Africa, Afghanistan, and Japan.
After the Navy, Brunelle sold solar systems and then insurance, and while he enjoyed selling and relationship building, he said he needed something different to sustain his family. At the time that included two foster children in addition to their daughter.
“I saw in sales that companies could not always deliver what they promise and that I had no control over the product,” he said.
The way to fix that problem was to start his own business and he chose cleaning services. After all, “there is always going to be dirt,” he said.
Brunelle scoured the web for tutorials about commercial cleaning and watched every video. He also located a company nearby offering a master class that taught him all he “needed to know from the business side of things.”
