Lilian Radke, CEO, Unic Pro

Lilian Radke is from Brazil and was invited by the University of Arkansas to come to the United States with a full scholarship for playing volleyball. On her last year in college, she met her husband that is also from Brazil, who lives in MA for 25 years. In 2006, her husband started a commercial cleaning company in Worcester MA with a partner that had another company in Boston. In 2009, they split the partnership because of different values. She left her job as sales manager and start working with the company full time. Back then they only have 4 accounts. When her husband started another business with his brother that was just back from Afghanistan, she became 100% owner of Unic Pro, which became a women-owned business. Now, Unic Pro cleans 144 buildings in MA, RI and South of NH. Lilian is proud of the company’s growth and staff. They have been growing an average of 40% each year. In their industry employee turnover is about 85%, Unic Pro’s employee turnover is 13.5%. They treat everyone with respect and works as a team. Every year, Unic Pro engaged in a community impact projects which promotes teamwork and benefit the community. Lilian also won as SBA top woman-owned business of the year and 40 under 40 award.