More than a cleaning company - Partners Delivers Exceptional CLIENT Experience that Delights
Partners was founded with a mission to deliver value to clients with customer service that delights. We endeavor to serve our team members through rigorous training, effective management, a people-first approach to safety and health standards, with dignity-centered compensation. This approach enables us to help maintain beautiful spaces where our community can thrive.
Our Services
Commercial Cleaning for Facility and Office Spaces
Evening Full-Service Janitorial & Daily Day Porter Services
When your tenants and clients enter their spaces each morning there is one clear expectation: a clean and tidy space that has clearly been visited and cared for by an effective service provider. Attention to the details, including your privacy and security, is essential.
• Daily after-hours cleaning of your facility, with a managed and planned schedule for periodic tasks
• Detail-cleaned bathrooms and break areas
• Vacuuming, mopping and trash removal
• Consumable supply management
Additional Commercial Maintenance Services
Your asset requires attention in a variety of areas to operate successfully. Partners offers additional services to meet your needs:
• Carpet Cleaning
• Bathroom Floor Scrubbing and Revitalization
• Upholstery Care
• Vacancy and Construction Preparation & Cleaning
Special Projects & Event Services
We would love to help with your special project! From random clean-ups to porter service at events, Partners has a variety of capabilities to help you succeed.
Disinfection Services
We all lived through a pandemic and learned what it takes to keep our spaces healthy. If your facility needs extra cleaning to meet certain health requirements, we would love to help!
Technology Solutions & Reporting
Tracking and reporting important information are key functions of our success and yours. At Partners, we employ cutting-edge technology to gather and communicate data about the work we do for you every day.
The Partners GreenCheck Program is a full scale cleaning system that allows our team to effectively, safely, and sustainably maintain your asset in accordance with LEED Standards. Miles Davis once said, “You have to know 400 notes that you can play, then pick the right four.” Our system works to gather all the tools and strategies needed for a holistic view of your asset and then deploy the right parts to the right places at the right time. Our goal is to minimize the negative impact that inappropriate and harmful chemicals can have on the environment and instead, institute the use of safe, low-impact cleaning products, sustainable equipment and practices.
We would love to talk to you about our GreenCheck Cleaning Program and how it impacts your goals and makes our service effective!
SUPERVISE our teams using cleaning system tools to prevent cross-contamination between different areas and uphold service excellence through our quality assurance (QA) program.
DEVELOP an optimal staffing plan for your facility.
TRAIN personnel in the safe handling, usage, maintenance, disposal, and recycling of cleaning chemicals, dispensing equipment, and packaging materials.
EMPLOY environmentally-friendly cleaning materials, products, equipment, disposable paper products, and trash bags whenever feasible, including the utilization of microfiber tools and wipes.
All of our cleaning equipment meets the sustainability criteria outlined in IEQ Credit 3.4: Green Cleaning—Sustainable Cleaning Equipment standard.
“The man who will improve the place is the man who loves it without a reason.”
– G.K. Chesterton
Mission:
Establish the premier commercial janitorial service in the world, dedicated to delivering value to clients and team members through rigorous training, effective management, a people-first approach to safety and health standards, and dignity-centered compensation.
vision:
Foster a culture of dignity and abundance, bolstering the communities we serve and generating opportunities for our partners to flourish.
our core values:
Generosity in compensation, benefits, agreements, and resources that builds trust and enables people to commit wholeheartedly to their work, fostering deep connections in and outside the organization.
Commitment & Balance in life and work. We believe in finding time for the nuclear family to thrive and for our work to be something to be proud of and look forward to.
Courage to do what's right when no one is looking and when it might not make a profit.
Dignity that never reduces a team member or partner to a transaction that fits inside a system, but keeps their success at the top of our decision tree.
Hospitality in all we do, welcoming everyone into our work and our lives to share in this great adventure together.
Community built through our investment of time and treasure that generates dividends for everyone. We look for ways to helpfully, creatively and consistently engage with those in need.
our MOtto:
“Love People”
Chris Covo
Co-Founder / President
Chris Covo serves as the President of Partners. For over a decade Chris learned the ins and outs of the commercial service world: first at the largest privately owned commercial janitorial company in Texas, and later at Exterior Cleaning Solutions and Revival Surfaces. Chris received his B.A. from Texas State University where he served as Student Body President and was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry as Student Regent. He received an M.A. in Legal and Political Theory from University College London. Chris' greatest joy is his family and community. He runs a hand-dipped chocolate truffles company with his father and, as any good Italian should be, is known for his pasta sauce. He is a second degree black belt in Taekwondo and occasionally plays drums with his jazz trio around town. He lives in south Austin with his wife, Amanda, and their 4 kids - Freddie (6), Jack (4), Lucy (3), and baby George (6 months)!
virginia Lopez
Vice President | Head of People Operations
Virginia Lopez serves as the Head of People Operations. With a comprehensive portfolio encompassing every facet of Human Resources, including recruitment, hiring, and fostering robust employee relationships, Virginia orchestrates the symphony of talent that drives Partners’ success. Rooted in her belief that people are the most invaluable asset within any organization, she brings her rich background in both public and private sector Human Resources and Operations to the forefront. As Virginia navigates the intricate world of People Operations, she carries with her a profound conviction that the value of individuals forms the bedrock of any triumph.
A proud graduate of Texas A&M, Virginia's academic foundation is as sturdy as her professional acumen. Raised amidst the lively landscapes of the Rio Grande Valley, she embarked on a new chapter by making Austin her home in 2013, injecting her vibrant energy into the heart of the city.
An eternal learner, Virginia finds inspiration in embracing novel experiences and seizing opportunities for growth. But beyond the corporate hustle, her true joy lies in the simple pleasures of life – quality time spent with her cherished husband and their two teenage daughters.
Matthew tucker
Vice President | Development
Matthew Tucker is the Vice President of development, brought on for his passion for care of all people, both clients and employees. Matthew received his B.A. in Finance from Texas A&M University and began his career in the non-profit sector—performing financial work for a public foundation in Colorado Springs. It was there in the heart of the Rockies knee deep in tax and trust documents that Matthew first caught the entrepreneurial bug, moving back to Texas to start an educational services business with his brother in San Antonio, where they partnered with schools and school districts to improve standardized testing outcomes.
After growing that business for four years and handing it off to his brother, Matthew turned his sights to the service industry and looked to buy a small residential service business. Fate, though, had other plans for Matthew, as he instead was recruited to ECS of Texas, Austin’s premier commercial window cleaning company, where he was hired to build new back-office systems in the midst of rapid growth, and got to learn the ins and outs of the commercial service world along the way.
Matthew loves playing and watching sports, spending time with friends and family, hiking and camping, and cooking delicious food with the love of his life, Kaytlen.
aly faulk
Chief of Staff
Aly Faulk serves as Chief of Staff where she helps in a variety of ways to help keep the operation on track. Aly is a highly effective project manager and budding leader that cares deeply about building and sustaining relationships, loves writing and teaching, and believes the best ideas are often discovered through discussion around the dinner table.
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Aly Faulk graduated from Texas A&M with a bachelor’s in English Literature and a minor in Communication. Aly earned a spot in the Mays Business School’s Fellows Program her final semester where she was first immersed in the language of business. After graduation, Aly relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee and coordinated Covenant College’s multicultural program. Aly also leads the daily operations of Leadership Academy, a rotational, development program for recent college graduates at a variety of service oriented companies.
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