DKI Names Garden VP of Operations

Illinois-based Disaster Kleenup International Inc., a network of quality, independent property damage restoration contractors, has promoted David Garden of Glenview, Ill., to vice president of Operations.

Since joining DKI in January 2002, Garden has served as DKI’s director of Corporate Programs. In that role Garden has been responsible for the management of DKI’s claims, training and cooperative purchasing programs. He has reportedly been directly responsible for the 100 percent growth in DKI aggregated purchasing volume, the success of DKI’s Priority Emergency Response program, and the coordination of DKI’s national mobilization to cleanup after the storms that devastated the Southeast this year.

In his new role, Garden will continue to lead DKI’s operational efforts, as well as assume greater responsibility for the company’s technology initiatives.

Garden came to DKI from Celsis Inc., a publicly-traded, London-based company, where he was vice president of Global Business Development.