Joseph S. Latino has over 20 years of experience in the overlapping science and pest control fields. As President of Allergy Technologies, he is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Company, oversees the market expansion of the Company’s proprietary fabric-based technology product, ActiveGuard® Mattress Liners, and develops and operates the company’s ATAHC™ Program to control and prevent bed bug infestations in affordable housing communities and a variety of hospitality industry sectors.
Before joining Allergy Technologies in 2009, Mr. Latino led the Corporate Development function for Rambug Pest Control for 12 years, overseeing the development and expansion of the company’s client base. During his tenure, he established new service contracts with major property management companies, universities and colleges, and several brand-name retail chains. As a registered speaker for the New York State/New Jersey Departments of Environmental Control, Mr. Latino continues to develop and refine comprehensive and strategic bed bug surveillance, treatment, and post-treatment control programs.
Mr. Latino hails from the scientific world, having served as co-founder and CEO of AcquiSci, a privately held company whose mission was to identify, acquire and develop undervalued and promising emergent medical technologies. He has also acted as a consultant and Head of Research for LipidViro Tech, as an extramural consultant for Health Canada, and served as Director of Special Hematology/Oncology Laboratories at The Brooklyn Hospital in New York.
Mr. Latino was doctorally trained as a biochemist at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, where he earned a Master’s degree in Biochemistry. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry from Brooklyn College. He lives with his family in Blue Bell, PA, and enjoys cooking and container gardening.
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Interview questions:
Introduction | Please provide an introduction to Allergy Technologies and the solutions and products it provides to the healthcare and affordable housing industry.
History | Allergy Technologies was founded by Gus Carey in 2001, whose background included a Managing Partner at W.P. Carey and president of REITs. Can you share the original vision and some of the major milestones? https://atahcnow.com/senior-management/
President | What are your responsibilities as President of Allergy Technologies?
Products | Can you describe Allergy Technologies’ flagship product is the ActiveGuard Mattress Liner? What is the ATHC program? How does it work?
Numbers | What is the state of the bed bud market? https://atahcnow.com/facts-and-figures/
Impact | Can you share ATHC’s impact on affordable housing?
Growth | What are the growth plans for Allergy Technologies?
Allergy Technologies LLC is committed to the creation and manufacture of innovative, effective, and consumer-friendly products and programs addressing major issues in both pest control and healthcare.
The Company’s ActiveGuard® Mattress Liners (‘ActiveGuard’) are available for purchase by pest control professionals and distributors; hoteliers; colleges and universities; property management; federal, state and local housing; cruise lines; and homeowners.
ActiveGuard has proven that not all proactive bed bug preventive products are created equal. This unrivaled industry product:
- Is the ONLY EPA-registered for sale product specifically labelled for bed bug prevention
- Prevents new bed bug infestations before they establish for two years
- Starts killing bed bugs in just 10 minutes of contact
- Kills bed bugs in bedding (mattress, air mattress, box spring, sofa bed)
- Stops bed bug re-infestations
- Delivers long-term control of adult bed bugs and their juvenile forms
Allergy Technologies also recently launched its ATHAC™ family of programs for affordable housing, other multi-occupant dwellings, hospitality, and senior care facilities, working closely with management, residents, staff, and pest managers to offer unique, multifaceted, facility-wide, preventive-centric approaches to long-term control and prevention of public health pests. In affordable housing, the Program is proven to be both efficacious and sustainable; for two years it has reduced bed bug reintroductions by more than 99% while delivering 40% operational savings for property management. https://atahcnow.com
Allergy Technologies is a subsidiary of A. Carey Co. LLC, which focuses on using philanthropy as a core business principle for its businesses. Through its PhilanprofitSM strategy, a portion of all ActiveGuard proceeds go to help fund inner-city homeless and women’s shelters and asthma clinics.
For more information, please visit the Allergy Technologies website at www.AllergyTechnologies.com.
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