John Walker founded Salt Lake City based ManageMen, Inc in 1985. He has over 40 years of experience as an advisor, consultant, author, and educator. John has conducted hundreds of classes and workshops on facility cleaning issues for companies, professional associations, Department of Homeland Security, and contracting service organizations.
John taught Facility Environmental Service classes internationally at both the University of Manitoba and Brigham Young University. He represented the United States at the Pan Pacific Conference on Cleaning and Maintenance in Kuala, Lumpur and FENESCO cleaning conference in Bogota, Columbia.
John has instructed worksite seminars for The Boeing Company, USPS, Clark County School District, The School District of Philadelphia, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Michigan, Sodexho, Wake Forest University, The Ohio State University, San Francisco International Airport, NISH-Ability One, ISSA, University of New Mexico, Sandia National Labs, APPA, The Provo City School District, Yale University and many more.
John is the author of the Simplified Series trainer books including, “Floor Care Simplified for Cleaning Organizations.” His ISSA publication “ISSA’s Official 548 Cleaning Times” has been called “a must-use reference” for people workloading or managing cleaning organizations. In 2015 he published “Train the Trainer: Study Guide for the (OS1) Trainer Certificate Program.”
John Walker has been an innovator and pioneer in numerous successful undertakings including…
- Founded ManageMen®, Inc.
- Founded Janitor University®
- Authored the “Janitor University Philosophy of Cleaning”
- Created ISSA’s EZ Trainer series for janitorial operations
- Authored the “Official ISSA Cleaning Times” series
- Invented (OS1)® Cleaning Process
- Developed Cleaning Specialists “Scouting Reports”
- Wrote the “Cleaning Specialists Playbook” series
- Invented the (OS1) Passport Certification program
- Is the winner of eight TELLY awards for video media production excellence
- Co founder of Facility Management Leadership Institute with Dr. Jeff Campbell in 2015