Clean Solutions' mission is to provide solutions that positively impact the well being of the planet and empower communities worldwide.
Clean Solutions was formed from a deep commitment to create practical solutions to problems facing our planet. We are a company that transforms hope to action. We firmly believe this can be done from a place of positive outcome for everyone. Our experience has taught us that it is possible to combine smart practical business sense with heart. We hold a big picture vision of healing the planet by turning the biggest problems we face into our biggest asset.
Our team combines a wealth of successful and diverse backgrounds. We bring knowledge and experience from the worlds of construction, management, engineering, chemistry, electric utilities, marketing, finance, manufacturing, software design, IT, human resources and sales. This combination of talent allows us to bring years of experience and a wide range of ideas and insight to focus on effective solutions.
Jeff Robertson, Partner, brings more than 35 years of experience in management, sales and marketing to Clean Solutions Co. He is a skillful entrepreneur who has run various successful businesses. Jeff holds a Journalism degree from the Newhouse School of Public communications and is a Syracuse University graduate with a degree in Latin American Economic Studies. In the construction and real estate fields he has championed new technologies. Since the first oil crisis he has marketed alternative technologies. He has managed real estate development projects from concept to build-out. His experience includes working on projects from the federal, state and municipal contracting levels. Jeff’s passion for new technologies that make a difference globally lead to the formation of Clean Solutions Co.
Kathleen Jakse, Partner, holds a BS degree from St Cloud State University, MN. Kathleen’s philosophy is to never lose track of the bigger picture and the opportunities being presented. Kathleen’s strengths lie in her highly developed intuition and ability to approach a project from a holistic perspective that optimizes results. She has a multi-disciplined background in human consciousness/potential that encompasses more than twenty years of training in areas including abundance, win-win approaches, holistic healing and creating and living from the heart. Her insight and advice started with the formation and vision for the company.
Marc Strauch has developed executive leadership, strategic planning, marketing, business development and sales expertise that focuses on developing, commercializing, and promoting emerging technology throughout his 25-year career. As part of the Clean Solutions team, Marc uses this experience to help companies make a successful transition from an R&D or product development organization to a sales- and market-driven company. Marc served as a founding partner and CEO of Topaz Bridge, a Seattle-based privately held enterprise software development company and as Chief Marketing Officer for NS8 Corporation, a publicly traded digital media distribution software company. In 1998, Marc founded a value-based marketing consultancy where he worked with Cisco, Intel, and mid-tier IT companies and clean-green technology start-ups. Marc also served as a marketing advisor and integral member of the Business Value team at Microsoft Corporation, where he developed go-to-market campaigns and business value-related sales readiness plans for the Microsoft® Office System and four versions each of Windows Server™ and Microsoft Windows client products.
For 7 years, Marc worked in consumer advertising with Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam and other leading US advertising agencies on broadcast TV advertising campaigns for the Fortune 500 including the Walt Disney Company, Chevron, Quaker Oats and Levis. Early in his career, Marc worked with community organizations, municipal governments, and regional planning authorities doing public policy strategy and organizational management in housing and economic development and regional land use and environmental planning. Marc earned a master’s degree in Urban Planning from CUNY and B.Sc, in Environmental Science and Public Policy and B.A. in Economic Geography from SUNY; he has additional coursework in finance, marketing, organizational development and film/video/multimedia production.
Simon Kechloian has perfected the art of the deal in West Coast commercial, residential, and agricultural real estate for more than 25 years. His financial experience and talent for delivering sustainable projects bring business development insight and project packaging savvy to Clean Solutions ventures. Most recently Simon sourced and helped develop a large environmentally sustainable real estate project In the Napa Valley as a joint venture of Pacific Union College and Triad Development Inc. Since 1980, Simon’s business development efforts have included:
A five-year project of sourcing, capitalizing, and negotiating terms for a California-based master-planned community of 1,000 homes, a retail center, commercial properties, a golf course, and more than 1,200 acres of open space.
Creating an investment group that purchased the Napa Valley’s renowned Juliana Vineyard.
Helping a major Pacific Northwest commercial builder liquidate a diverse portfolio valued at more than $220 million.
Identifying investment opportunities and closing deals in West Coast commercial and retail real estate development markets for a Portland, Oregon-based regional investment bank.
Negotiating the purchase and development of resort properties valued at more than $100M in Napa Valley, California, Park City, Utah, and Seattle, Washington.
Earlier in his career, Simon formed WRK Commercial Real Estate Inc., where his work emphasized debt and equity placements, helping a local land syndicate liquidate their $50 million development portfolio, and restructuring $65 million of debt for a Seattle office building owner. Simon graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in from Chico State University.
Our Consultants
Janet Holcomb, Software Systems Engineer, heads up all the software and electronics development. She holds a degree in Computer Science from N.M. State Univ. and did Masters work at National Univ. With a background in software design, development and implementation her references in the defense and aerospace industry read like a who’s who. Hughes, Rocketdyne, Delco, Teledyne, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Goodrich Aerospace, Titan Linkabit, Mykotronix, and the International Space Station start her list. Her abilities to produce secure tamperproof software that supplies data collection and access worldwide are an important addition to our program. Like the rest Janet was drawn to the company because it represented an opportunity she had been looking for. With a desire to travel and play golf comes a desire to create and be part of a team that is up to playing big and making a difference.
