Blaine Cardinale is the co-owner of Mosquito Joe of Tampa Bay. Mosquito Joe is a Virginia Beach, Va.-based pest control company with franchises across the United States. Mr. Cardinale – along with his wife, Kristin, and father, Randy – owns and operates Mosquito Joe of Tampa Bay, which has more than 1,000 customers and was the first Mosquito Joe franchise to offer health benefits to its employees. Mr. Cardinale is a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and continues to serve in the Navy Reserve as a helicopter pilot.

Check out my interview with Mr. Cardinale in Crain’s Tampa Bay business magazine.