I built a cleaning business from zero.

Now I’m looking for my next operations role.

Parker Terle smiling, arms crossed, in a red polo

What do you run today?

5 to 7 hours a week on MaidThis now, down from 40+ in year one.

I started MaidThis Phoenix in February 2024 and have run it from the Bay Area since the first day. My business manager runs the day-to-day.

Hiring
About 200 cleaning teams onboarded since opening.
Pricing
Team pay went from 57% to 52% of revenue.
Finance
A monthly budget review and a 13-week cash flow forecast.
Systems
We’ve run on EOS since late 2024, with a weekly scorecard and quarterly goals.

How did you cut hiring costs?

I rebuilt our cleaner hiring pipeline in GoHighLevel and added a recruiting bot.

Old pipeline, summer
$40.91
New pipeline, fall
$12.50

About 70% lower

Cost per onboarded team, with the same Indeed ads in the same market.
Old, 3 weeksNew, 5 weeks
Ad spend$450$200
Applicants reaching our system276 of 807124 of 127
Reached onboarding1116
The recruiting pipeline in GoHighLevel, with columns from New Lead through Hired
The new pipeline in GoHighLevel.

Read the full hiring case

How do you work?

I’d rather be handed a problem than a task.

I see problems through
I find the cause, fix it and measure it until it works.
I track the numbers
Every number has an owner and gets reviewed in a meeting.
I write things down
I keep SOPs, checklists and a decision log so the team doesn’t rely on me.
I hand repeat work to AI
Data pulls, research and first drafts go to AI. I handle anything that involves a person. How I use AI
Parker smiling on a rocky desert trail, wearing a cap and a hydration pack

What do you do outside of work?

I read a lot of fiction, cook and bake, and I’m training for the SF Half. I rebuilt a 1981 Suzuki GS1000 into a cafe racer, which helped me win over my wife when we were dating.

Before MaidThis, I studied biology at UC Santa Barbara and worked two years as a firefighter with Cal Fire.

More about me

How do I reach you?

I’m looking for an Operations Lead, Business Operations or Chief of Staff role at a small, growing company, in the Bay Area or remote. I reply to email within a day.