b'MEMBER SPOTLIGHTHISTORY the painful decision to leave Mexi-TIDY, LLCis a multi-custodialco and migrate to the United States service company with more than 34where she joined an uncle living in years of experience in commercialChicago, Illinois.and industrial cleaning services uti- To say that life was difficult for lizing innovative and environmental- his family would be a vast under-ly conscious practices. They provide astatement. At this point, Roberto holistic cleaning service approach tomade a conscious decision to leave meet all of their projects needs andschool and his dreams behind in deadlines. By using the most effectiveorder to help support his family. Ro-cleaning and eco-friendly methods,berto started out working 12-to-15-their bilingual staff is fully trainedhour days at several part-time jobs and available On-Demand to meetuntil 1982 when he began working Roberto Ramirez and exceed expectations. full-time as a janitor for a cleaning President and CEO, TIDY LLC TIDY, LLC is committed toCompany.providing personalized and depend- After five years of hard work, able high-quality service in everyhe decided it was time to put those project. TIDY has proven that theyvaluable years of experience to the can far exceed expectations even intest. He asked the owner of the We understand thethe most challenging, time-sensitivecompany if he could further develop diverse needs of ourprojects, with capabilities of startinghis talents in a sales position. No one, projects immediately with limitedincluding Roberto, would know how clients and meet notice. TIDY, LLC offers industrialmuch determination the word no cleaning, general office cleaning, san- would evoke in him. With little more every project withitation services, emergency cleaning,than $20 needed to open a checking optimism andwindow washing, floor and carpetaccount and $100 he borrowed from cleaning and more.his mother, Roberto founded TIDY dedication. WE areToyota Motor Sales was their firstLLC, a full janitorial services compa-client and continues to use TIDY,ny. Growth came slowly at first and a cleaning serviceLLC s services today. the hours Roberto invested to make his dream a reality was plentiful.that cares. In 1996, just six years after start-TELL US ABOUT YOURing his company, Roberto foundedRoberto Ramirez JOURNEY TO STARTINGthe Jesus-Guadalupe Foundation in THE BUSINESS 1997. Named after his parents, (Jesus My story is what makes me who Ihis father and Guadalupe his mother) am today, says Roberto Ramirez,Roberto was named in Illinois to the President and CEO.I was bornGovernors Commission on Capital in Mexico and left to fend for usPunishment. At the same time, Ro-were Guadalupe, Jesus widow andberto was elected to the Board of Di-her nine children. Fearing reprisalsrectors of Hispanics in Philanthropy against her family, Guadalupe made(HIP). Roberto does not discount his 22ILLINOIS BUSINESS LEADER'