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In 2005, Michael Andreacchi, an entrepreneur at his core, co-founded Junk King out of his two-car garage in San Carlos. Since 2009, Michael and his team have franchised more than 100 locations across the U.S. and Canada. He has helped build a strong team of dedicated and innovative individuals who continue to find ways...

Lisa Merry is the Chief Operating Officer at Junk King where she is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of the business. Her focus is on establishing policies that promote a good company culture, as well as designing and implementing internal business operations. She direc...

As an experienced member in her field, Darlene Viering is the Chief Sales Officer for Junk King. Her background includes more than 25 years of managing call centers and franchise development teams. Darlene excels in helping franchisees and enjoys being an integral part of their franchise journey. Since joining the J...

Crissy Russo is a San Francisco native who has established a successful career as a marketer throughout the Bay Area. With an over 15-year background in consumer, product and enterprise marketing, market research, project management, strategic initiatives, as well as building and contributing to winning teams, Crissy h...

Mike Arend is an established leader in the finance and accounting world with more than 12 years of experience. Maintaining a passion for helping companies reach their goals, Mike brings a level of expertise and advanced consulting services to every aspect of his work. As a member of the Junk King team from almost the b...

As Vice President of Operations, Julian’s main responsibilities include helping franchisees structure their businesses to be successful and help them see how they can use the franchise system to their benefit. A typical day for Julian includes a lot of phone calls and providing support to franchisees with day-to-day ...

Anthony De Angelis has more than 30 years as a technologist and visionary. Anthony was an executive technologist at Hewlett-Packard Corp for over 20 years, as the lead architect, he engineered one of the largest technology merger /acquisitions/integrations in history. Most recently, as CIO of NAU, he rang the opening b...