One team, One family

Shining your talent for greater impact

Meet the Whistle Clean Team

Meet the Whistle Clean Team

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The humans driving our vision forward.

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Our Team

Ivan Tan Founder & Director Whistle Clean Australia

Ivan Tan

Founder & Director

Katrina Sonaco (1)

Katrina S.

Clients Wellbeing Ambassador

Belinda Wijaya (1)

Belinda W.

Finance Officer

Siska T

Siska T.

Finance Manager

Irene Social Media Manager

Irene

Social Media Manager

  • At Whistle Clean, these are our core values

  • Love

    Connecting and caring for others

  • Trust

    Being truthful and accountable for your actions

  • Growth

    Learning, growing and being better everyday

  • Integrity

    Doing the right thing even when no one is watching

  • Contribution

    Empowering others to make positive impacts

Our Why

Cleaners are one of the hardest working people on earth, yet they are not getting the respect and integrity they deserve. We want to change that narrative by creating an empowering work environment so they can shine even brighter.

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Our Cleaners Community

Harsha Thamel

Harsha

Freelance Accounting

Anna 1

Anna

Cleaner

Ricardo Polizel 1

Ricardo

IT Specialist

Jincy Surroop 1

Jincy

Structural Engineering Technician

Juan Martinez

Juan

Building Manager

Raymond Ronquillo 1

Raymond

Cleaner / Forklift Driver

Vaughan Thompson

Vaughan

Sales

Li Zhang

Li

Commercial Cleaner

Sean Borovich

Sean

Car detailing franchisee

Kris Dikovita 1

Kris

Technical specialist

Nitesh Parajuli 1

Nitesh

Working in Consultancy

Abira 1

Abira

Finance Officer

Ramanuj Saha 2

Ramanuj

Quality Assurance

Ivan Tan Founder & Director Whistle Clean Australia

Ivan Tan

Founder & Director

  • Family and Pets: 4 family members + millions of earthworms
  • Profession: Entrepreneur (Used to be Procurement Manager)
  • Interests: Running, Swimming, Personal Development
  • Reason for working hard: To bring out the best of everyone.
  • Dreams: Humanity to have abundance, unconditional love, breaking limiting family patterns & shining every individual’s talent.
  • Love language: Acts of service
  • Bucket List: To visit Nepal with family. It was my dad’s dream to visit Buddha’s birthplace.
  • Fulfillment: To witness someone’s growth
  • Fun Fact: “Im hungry dad”, Nice meeting you Hungry.

Katrina Sonaco (1)

Katrina S.

Clients Wellbeing Ambassador

  • Family and Pets: just 2 family members for now
  • Profession: Multimedia artist with the love for customer service
  • Interests: Food, Science, and puzzles
  • Reason for working hard: Have a farm and/or beach house by 50 and just live life
  • Dreams: Run a business, swim in different beaches, have a humongous garden, stop global warming
  • Love language: Quality time (ask the husband for proof)
  • Bucket List: Own an island, learn to swim in open water, touch an elephant or a blue whale (not in a zoo)
  • Fulfillment: Taking care of people and nature
  • Fun Fact: I’m probably made up of 30% fried chicken by now

Belinda Wijaya (1)

Belinda W.

Finance Officer

  • Family and Pets: 4 family members + 2 morkies
  • Profession: Finance Officer
  • Interests: Travel, Languages, Bible Study, and Board Games!
  • Reason for working hard: To be able to give back to my parents
  • Dreams: To travel the world with my family
  • Love language: Quality Time
  • Bucket List: To finish my personal bible study research
  • Fulfillment: Volunteering
  • Fun Fact: I love honey cheese pizza

Siska T

Siska T.

Finance Manager

  • Family and Pets: Family of FOUR (proud mom of 2 cheeky toddlers)
  • Profession: Finance Wizard
  • Interests: Travel & Shopping
  • Reason for working hard: Achieve Financial Freedom before 50, and make my parents proud
  • Dreams: Owning a beachfront house with a stunning view and large pool; travel around the world!
  • Love language: Quality Time, Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation
  • Bucket List: White Christmas in Europe, living my best Hallmark-movie life
  • Fulfillment: Motherhood
  • Fun Fact: 1) I love Christmas so much, I’d start Christmas shopping and watching Christmas movies in October. 2) I wish I could speak French fluently

Irene Social Media Manager

Irene

Social Media Manager

•Family: 5 (husband, 2 kids and in-laws)
•Profession: I do part time work as a Social Media Manager for a US Accounting firm
•Interests: Reading books, creative writing, watching movies or tv series, doing yoga and different forms of exercise
•Reason of working hard : To help provide for my children’s studies, and our house (which we just bought 3 years ago). I also want to continue growing professionally in the virtual industry setup.
•Dreams: To pursue my passion in creative writing- write a book, publish, and be able to influence people, especially women to pursue what drives them. I also always aim to be in the best of health (physical, mental, and spiritual) so I can witness my children grow into adulthood– which is why I engage in different sports/ activities that I can do like yoga, pilates, boxing and this year, I want to continue joining running marathons.
•Love Language: Quality time and Kind/ sweet gestures
•Bucket List:
•More travel experiences, this time with my kids (Japan, Europe, Australia #)
• Be a good swimmer
• Achieve my fitness goal before I turn 50 (athlete’s body figure- lean, strong healthy)
• Have our own farm in the province (retirement goal with the hubby)
• Fulfillment: I appreciate direct feedback but also feel more satisfied when I see that the work I accomplished has influenced someone or the whole team (results, process improvements, etc.)
• Fun Fact: I have been a lector/ commentator in the church for more than 20 years already. I teach pre-school children before and would love to do it again as a back up career.

Harsha Thamel

Harsha

Freelance Accounting

  • Family: My Wife
  • Profession: Sometimes I do Freelance Accounting work
  • Interests: Watching Cricket
  • Reason for working hard: My passion and curiosity towards what I’m doing
  • Dreams: Buy my own house in Australia; buy my dream car
  • Love language: Physical Touch
  • Bucket list: Travel to London
  • Fulfillment: Once I finish the job, I feel really satisfied when I see the clean and neat client space
  • Fun Fact: I’m a bathroom singer

Anna 1

Anna

Cleaner

  • Family: 1
  • Interests: Pilates, reading, gym
  • Reason for working hard: Financial stability
  • Dreams: Becoming a successful entrepreneur
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list: Take a hot air balloon ride, travel to Machu Picchu in Peru
  • Fulfillment: Flexible work hours
  • Fun fact: I used to perform classical Indian dance, bharatanatyam

Ricardo Polizel 1

Ricardo

IT Specialist

  • Family: I have 2 beautiful French bulldogs that are my family in Australia.
  • Profession: I work full time as a System Administrator/Network ADM/IT Specialist.
  • Interests: Scuba Diving, Judo, Travel, Discovering new restaurants, PUB
  • Reason for working hard: I work hard to have enough money to do whatever I want.
  • Dreams: Buy a warehouse and convert it into a house.
  • Love language: Quality time
  • Bucket list: Travel more around the world, especially in Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines).
  • Fulfillment: Live today and enjoy who or where I am now; appreciation and acknowledgment from clients
  • Fun Fact: I’m a blackbelt in Judo

Jincy Surroop 1

Jincy

Structural Engineering Technician

  • Family: I live alone with my dog named Ellie, a beautiful one-year-old German Shepherd. My dad and big brother reside abroad on a little island called Mauritius.
  • Profession: Structural Engineering Technician & Project Coordinator
  • Interests: Traveling, learning about different cultures, exploring Melbourne’s diverse gastronomy, hiking trails, and engaging with books and podcasts for personal and professional growth
  • Reason for working hard: Financial freedom, making my parents proud
  • Dreams: Set up my own little construction company focused on flipping old houses and giving them a second chance at life
  • Love language: Quality Time
  • Bucket list:
    • Travel to as many countries as possible to experience different cultures and gastronomy
    • Open a small engineering consulting firm and hopefully work for myself one day
    • Expand my real estate portfolio and attain financial freedom
  • Fulfillment: Happy feedback/comments from clients always makes my day!
  • Fun Fact: Fluent in Creole, French, and English

Juan Martinez

Juan

Building Manager

  • Family: 2 family members / no pets
  • Profession: Environmental Engineer / Building Manager
  • Interests: Traveling, Acting, Games
  • Reason for working hard: I like to save money for my studies and traveling. Travel to Maldives & Cuba and do a master’s in a university
  • Dreams: Move to the U.S. in the future and work in the filming industry
  • Love language: Quality Time
  • Bucket list: Learn to play piano and speak Portuguese
  • Fulfillment: Save money, travel, and it’s done. I feel so satisfied
  • Fun Fact: I’m obsessed with Salchipapas – Colombian fast food

Raymond Ronquillo 1

Raymond

Cleaner / Forklift Driver

  • Family: 4
  • Profession: Cleaner / Forklift Driver
  • Interests: Fishing / Camping
  • Reason for working hard: To save money
  • Dreams: To have my own farm in the future
  • Love language: Quality Time, Physical Touch
  • Bucket list: Travel to Japan
  • Fulfillment: To see my workplace is cleaned before I leave
  • Fun Fact: I have a guitar but I don’t know how to play it

Vaughan Thompson

Vaughan

Sales

  • Family: 6 family members, 1 pet plus fish in a tank
  • Profession: Sales
  • Interests: Karate
  • Reason for working hard: Just enjoy life every day
  • Dreams: To do a river cruise in France
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list: Visit Beijing
  • Fulfillment: Acknowledgement
  • Fun Fact: I still play hockey

Li Zhang

Li

Commercial Cleaner

  • Family: 4
  • Profession: Engineer back in China for 10 years / Currently a Commercial Cleaner in Melbourne
  • Interests: Reading the Bible, Jogging
  • Reason for working hard: It’s my pleasure to make dirty things clean
  • Dreams: For all of my family and friends to achieve salvation. I am satisfied with what I have right now, so my only dream is for more people to learn about Jesus Christ
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list: Go back to China and travel to Southern China since I grew up in the Northern part
  • Fulfillment: A clean and peaceful work area for my clients. Doing a good job, feeling my work is worthy, and seeing my clients happy makes me happy
  • Fun Fact: I’m GPS-dependent. Without it, I’ll be lost!

Sean Borovich

Sean

Car detailing franchisee

  • Family: Only me
  • Profession: Professional Car Detailing Franchisee & Outdoor Maintenance Services
  • Interests: Chocolate milkshakes
  • Reason for working hard: Just born to be like that—working hard and always giving 100%
  • Dreams: Car detailing and outdoor maintenance business, and being financially stable
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list:
    • Start and accomplish my business
    • Visit Japan
    • Fire a weapon / gun shoot (target shooting?)
  • Fulfillment: A smile from clients whenever I finish cleaning their space. I know that I did a great job
  • Fun Fact: I’m good at anything/everything. Hardworking. I push myself, make my weaknesses into strengths, and constantly improve myself

Kris Dikovita 1

Kris

Technical specialist

  • Family: Me and partner (3 years in a relationship) / 3 female cats
  • Profession: Technical Specialist
  • Interests: Sports, Gym, Movies
  • Reason for working hard: To support my partner and work on our goals
  • Dreams: Buy my own house in Australia
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list: Learn how to swim
  • Fulfillment: Doing a good job regardless of the time it takes me to finish the work

Nitesh Parajuli 1

Nitesh

Working in Consultancy

  • Family: 2
  • Profession: Working in Consultancy
  • Interests: Hiking and playing sports—soccer and basketball
  • Reason for working hard: Want something more / to learn more things that keep me motivated every day
  • Dreams: Own a business—clothing brand (currently in the research phase)
  • Love language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket list: Traveling around the country, looking at other cultures, and enjoying other places
  • Fulfillment: Getting compliments, finishing jobs on time and without any problems, planning something and finishing it
  • Fun Fact: I can speak 4 languages—English, Nepali, Hindi, Sanskrit—and I’m currently learning Chinese too

Abira 1

Abira

Finance Officer

  • Family: 2 family members + 1 pet
  • Profession: Finance Officer
  • Interests: Travel, Gardening, Hiking
  • Reason for working hard: To support myself and my family, especially my mom
  • Dreams: Do more traveling in the future
  • Love Language: Words of affirmation
  • Bucket List: Explore Australia further and visit as many cities in each state as possible
  • Fun Fact: I can do cartwheels, a lot in a row!
  • Fulfillment: I feel satisfied when I’ve done the job to the fullest and met or exceeded the client’s standards. I’m happy when the person is happy with what I’ve done

Ramanuj Saha 2

Ramanuj

Quality Assurance

  • Family: 2 members: Wife and son
  • Profession: Quality Assurance in the Banking industry
  • Interests: Music and Art, Sports, Gardening
  • Reason for working hard: Better financial stability
  • Dreams: Family is the life
  • Love language: Words of affirmation, Acts of service, Quality time. Maintaining relationships is a priority before anything else
  • Bucket list: Asia, Europe, and North America
  • Fulfillment: Respect, relationships, payment on time, communication
  • Fun Fact: Ex-cricket player. Lol