We are hosting a follow-up call on the Pest Control industry with Dave Bradford, CEO of Certus, the 19th largest pest control company in the U.S. Mr. Bradford brings over 20 years of experience working with high growth route-based service companies such as pest control. From 2016 to 2021 Mr. Bradford was the CFO of Environmental Pest Service, LLC (EPS) a private equity backed pest control company which grew to be the 14th largest pest control company. EPS had a successful exit in 2020 which was the 5th largest transaction in the US Pest industry. During our call Mr. Bradford will update us on organic growth for the U.S. pest control industry, pricing dynamics, competitive landscape, his experience with acquisitions and the execution of integrations and his opinion of how Rentokil’s integration of Terminix is progressing among other topics.
You can read the transcript from our November 2023 call with Mr. Bradford here. Click Here for Transcript
You can read the transcript from a call we also hosted in November 2023 with the former CFO of Rollins. Click Here for Transcript
In October 2023 an investor provided us with an RTO LN Long Idea Update following Q3 Rentokil’s trading update.
Bio: Dave Bradford is a veteran of leading people and building operational and fiscal strength for companies experiencing dramatic change such as extraordinarily high growth. Dave’s successes are derived by facilitating trust, strengthening relationships, and building customer confidence. Dave Bradford joined Certus Pest Control as CFO in September 2021, and was appointed to CEO in July, 2022. Certus Pest Control operates 21 branches in 8 states as well as the Bahamas. He brings over 20 years of experience working with high growth route-based service companies such as pest control and has executed. From 2016 to 2021 Dave was the CFO of Environmental Pest Service, LLC (EPS) a private equity backed pest control company which grew to be the 14th largest pest control company. EPS had a successful exit in 2020 which was the 5th largest transaction in the US Pest industry. Dave is known for his hands-on leadership style and has held management positions with companies such as Environmental Pest Service, Spirit Airlines, United Maritime Group and Tupperware Brands Corporation before joining Certus.