Letty Miranda
Vice President, Sales and Customer Success
Al Cuevas
President and Founder
Started as a high-school janitor. Founded the company in 1998. Still runs it.
Joined UFG in 1998
Email and calls go to the UFG office.
About Al
Al Cuevas took his first cleaning job as a junior in high school in 1987, became a district manager in 1996 and founded United Facilities Group in Santa Clara in 1998. He studied psychology and business administration while buffing floors and cleaning windows, and that pairing of people and performance is still how he runs the company.
Al's story is the company's story: front-line work first, then leadership. He has kept UFG family-owned and privately held for 28 years and has turned down the franchise and private-equity routes that most companies this size take.
What Al does at UFG
As President, Al sets the strategy and makes sure every colleague, from the night crew to senior managers, can do their best work for every client. He removes the obstacles, backs the coaches, and keeps the promotion-from-within rule that produced most of the management team.
Signature achievements
- Grew UFG from a small local operation into a regional facility services company serving healthcare, technology, education, manufacturing and corporate clients across Northern California.
- Built the career-development programmes that promote from within and keep turnover well below the industry's.
Where Al sits on the team
Al Cuevas is on the executive team. The executive team sits in the centre, the corporate team around it and the field team on the outside ring; every name links to a profile.
Executive team (4)
- Al Cuevas
- Letty Miranda
- Pete Velez
- Keith Haven
Corporate team (12)
Also on the team
Pete Velez
Director of Operations
Keith Haven
Director of Business Development
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