City Wide Franchise Company Names New Vice President

(Lenexa, KS) – City Wide Franchise Company, headquartered in Lenexa, KS is proud to announce Tom Stone has been named to the new position of Vice President. 

City Wide Maintenance was founded in Kansas City, MO by Frank Oddo in 1959.  Current President, Jeff Oddo, second generation owner of the family business, began franchising the company’s business model in 2001.

“Tom Stone’s leadership was key as our family’s janitorial and maintenance company re-engineered its business model,” says Jeff Oddo, President of City Wide Franchise Company.  “Tom deserves a great deal of the credit for transforming City Wide from a traditional operations company to a professional management company.  After the Kansas City company completed its metamorphosis we realized City Wide had a unique, duplicatable business model that would be very effective in a franchise situation.”  

The VP position Stone held within City Wide Maintenance will be filled by Rob Ellis.  

“We now have operations in 15 cities and the time is right to further our commitment to the growth of the other City Wide locations,” continues Oddo.   “City Wide Franchise Company has turned a corner and we’re just hitting our stride.”

“Two ingredients I try to add to every new business situation are leadership and innovation.  These are what make business exciting to me and in turn, these make businesses exciting to others,” adds Stone.  “That’s especially true for franchises.  Our franchisees – our clients – demand both, and rightfully so.  When potential buyers look at our franchise opportunity they too, often look for innovation and leadership.”

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio Tom Stone earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati.  Stone enjoyed a career as a Marine attack pilot and later earned his MBA from Boston University. He joined City Wide Maintenance in 1999 after working in various production and process improvement positions for Cintas and Lear Corporation, both Fortune 500 Companies. 

City Wide Franchise Company offers a professional management franchise opportunity within the building maintenance industry by offering 20+ services to its clients, including janitorial, carpet cleaning, window washing, parking lot maintenance and tenant improvements.  City Wide is the “Total Solution” to its clients for building maintenance services.  Adds Oddo, “Being a management company instead of a typical operations company is what allows City Wide to save our clients time and reduce the headaches associated with managing multiple vendors on their own.”

Earlier this year City Wide Franchise Company was named as a Top 100 New Franchise by Franchise Market Magazine.  Also in 2007 City Wide Franchise Company was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as part of its “Franchise 500” rankings, long-considered the most comprehensive franchise rankings in the world.  This is the magazine’s 28th annual exercise to rank the best franchise opportunities.    .