THE MAIDS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- General Counsel
"Elevate franchisees to ignite success through shared vision and dedication" is Ashley Williams' mantra as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and General Counsel at The Maids International. With a rich academic background and over a decade of professional experience at The Maids, Ashley's unique blend of legal expertise and financial acumen has been instrumental in steering our franchise network to great success. Ashley's devotion to our franchisees and employees is second to none, reflecting her deep-rooted passion for fostering growth and success within the franchise network. Ashley holds a JD, MBA, and CFE and is a member of the Nebraska State Bar, Iowa State Bar, and the American Bar Association.
"Inspiring entrepreneurs to think, play, and win BIG" is Dan Kirwan's driving motto as the executive leader at The Maids International. For over 20 years, Dan has provided our franchise network with vision, industry-leading innovation, business expertise, and road maps for the highest levels of success. His proven leadership record, creativity, passion for franchisees and employees, and business integrity motivate and inspire success. Mr. Kirwan holds an MBA, and professional designations as a CPA and CMA.
Daniel J. Bishop, a self-made entrepreneur before the age of 21 with his janitorial company, Bishop Building Services, founded The Maids in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. He focused on bringing residential deep cleaning services to everyone. With house cleaning teams and a recognizable yellow company car, Bishop's business quickly went national as he began franchising his residential cleaning company one year later.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
Ken Doty joined The Maids International in July 2013 as Vice President of Business Intelligence and was promoted to Chief Information Officer in February 2020. He is experienced in business intelligence with over 20 years of experience in consulting and information technology. Mr. Doty's specialties are working with small- to medium-size businesses improving business process flow, implementing software, overseeing project management and he has a keen intellect for strategic process and development. His professional career started as a consultant for Paragon in 1991 where he was responsible for selling, creating, implementing and supporting assessment and training for customer and hospitality organizations. He then operated Sirius Insites from 1999 to 2013, a business software consulting firm. In addition to operating Sirius Insites, Mr. Doty served as the Executive VP of Intelligence and Product Development with EC3H, Inc., from January 2011 to Sept 2012 and as the Director of Business for Central Data Storage from July 2012 to July 2013. Mr. Doty holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.