Will Boyd on SMA Scholarships, StartKleen & Finding a Career in Sanitation
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At the SMA Dove Hunt & Fishing Tournament hosted by StartKleen Neil interviews Will Boyd, a StartKleen employee, about his path into the meat industry and sanitation. Boyd shares his background in 4-H/FFA, livestock and meats judging, and meat science at Clarendon College and West Texas A&M, then explains how attending SMA conferences and receiving an SMA scholarship helped him network, meet Rick and the Campbell family, and ultimately join StartKleen despite limited prior sanitation experience. He discusses core sanitation concepts like the importance of physical scrubbing, proper water pressure, chemical concentration, and preventing overspray, and describes his current chief of staff role focused on customer relations, retention, new business development, and travel. The conversation highlights mentoring, culture, parallels between sports discipline and sanitation, and StartKleen’s interest in AI-driven marketing visibility.
