Waleed Cope

VIP Bubbles

VIP Bubbles is elevating the laundromat experience by delivering a premium, client focused laundry service. We've changed the traditional laundromat model into a modern, service oriented facility featuring tech forward equipment, impeccably maintained spaces, and on site staff dedicated to client service excellence.

Our comprehensive service offerings include self-service laundry with modern, efficient machines, as well as convenient pickup and delivery services designed to save our clients valuable time. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional results with every load, setting new standards for cleanliness, efficiency, and client satisfaction in the laundry industry.

Our mission is to make laundry day something clients and their families actually look forward to, proving that even life's most mundane tasks can be elevated through thoughtful service and attention to detail.

Co-Founder

The Soap Box

The Soap Box is a Brooklyn-based firm that offers premium garment and sneaker care services. 

Our dry cleaning, sneaker cleaning and laundry services are all performed with the utmost professionalism and care. We take pride in our work and are dedicated to providing the best possible service to our clients. Whether you need your clothes cleaned or your sneakers refreshed, we can help! 

Visit us today for all of your garment and sneaker care needs.

Thank you for choosing The Soap Box!

Co-Founder & CEO

Johnson Security Bureau, Inc.

Johnson Security Bureau, Inc. has been providing professional security, transport, patrol and protective services for nearly sixty years. 

Based in the Bronx, New York, Johnson Security was founded in 1962 and incorporated in the State of New York. We are the oldest Black-owned security firm in New York State and among the oldest Black-owned security firms in the country. As a third generation, family-owned-and-operated enterprise, Johnson Security has established an impeccable record of providing our clients with greater peace of mind.  

Our firm has achieved this record through a diligently screened, thoroughly trained security force that embodies a genuine concern for the safety of our clients and their employees and visitors, as well as for the safeguarding of the facilities and communities we secure.

Chief Of Staff

Laundry CEO

The Laundruy CEO Forum is the country’s gathering of owners, operators, managers, investors, and entrepreneurs in garment care.

They come together for hands-on workshops, inspiring speakers, high-value networking, and thought-provoking panels to fuel economic growth in their businesses.

These professionals attend this event to:

∙ learn the latest strategies and tactics being implemented by successful entrepreneurs
∙ hear inspiring success stories from entrepreneurs
∙ network with entrepreneurs and investors
∙ meet potential partners
∙ drive company growth
∙ and more!

Wash Weekly

Wash Weekly is an independent e-journal focused on providing owners, operators, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs in the garment care industry with a radically new perspective on building their businesses and fostering a mindset of innovative thinking.

Editor

Commerce and Chill

Commerce and Chill is where business partners Jessica Johnson-Cope & Waleed Cope share their insights and experiences on the journey through business and life as a married couple.

Co Host

TrackTik

TrackTik is an agile end-to-end operation management software designed for the security industry, focused on increasing visibility and productivity.

Our software is an integrated guard management system for monitoring, reporting and managing your security operations. Guards can do patrol tours, report incidents and activities in real time. Managers and clients can monitor, review, and respond instantly from their browsers or smart-phone. TrackTik improves efficiency, accountability and profitability.

Product Manager / Business Development

Project 17 Realty and Associates Ltd.

Sales Advisor

Massey Knakal Realty Services

Director of Sales

Hilltop Properties

Sales Agent

I am a business owner & operator
I am a former public school teacher, 4th grade
I am a laundry business owner who has folded more laundry than most people ever will 
I am from Brooklyn, New York 
I went to Coppin State University
I am a writer; check out my newsletter www.washweekly.com
I am a speaker (love talking about LAUNDRY & BUSINESS)
I am a podcast host. Check it out https://www.youtube.com/@WaleedCope/featured
I am Denzel Washnfold
I am the Laundry CEO. Check out https://www.laundryceo.com/

I am Waleed Cope, https://waleedcope.com/

Presso

Presso is an Atlanta-based Hardware-Robotics company harnessing the power of technology to create the first line of on-demand, energy-efficient, express garment care machines.

www.getpresso.com

Purdue University College of Engineering

- Developed curriculum and companion Android app projects to teach entry-level Android app development to college-level engineering students in Spring 2019
- Focused the curriculum on core concepts such as app architecture, object-oriented programming, MVC architecture, standards, asynchronous network calls, database management, external API usability, and multi-user live chat programming

Android Developer/Assistant

Lenze

B2B SAAP Product

•	Led software teams from Peru and Switzerland and collaborated with mechanical teams from Germany and United States to negotiate software and sensor design of a fully autonomous guidance system for fulfillment shuttles in Lenze manufacturing facilities in Hannover, Germany
•	Conducted competitive and technology analysis to make software architecture design decisions resulting in a prototype cost of $2000 compared to >$400,000 cost of competitive products
•	Defined asynchronous command interface communication protocol with the shuttle hardware team for direct PID control of shuttle’s mecanum wheel steering
•	Designed the software architecture in ROS with 2 layers of redundancy for localization and 17 sensors for 360-degree obstacle detection resulting in a 200 ms reaction time
•	As SCRUM master, created product backlog, planned weekly sprints, organized daily scrums, and trained team in Git resulting in successful international collaboration and timely delivery of a working prototype to the client
•	Developed obstacle detection and sensor data merging algorithms and TCP communication with the human-machine interface
•	Final demonstration of the fully autonomous shuttle at Hannover, Germany on May 2018

Autonomous technologies implementing:
- Kinect V2, RGB-D camera for obstacle detection/avoidance, mapping, and localization
- 16 Time of Flight sensors for obstacle avoidance
- Indoor Positioning Navigational System (Ultrasonic) for localization
- Nvidia Jetson TX1 microcontroller
- Real-time appearance based mapping (RTAB Mapping)

Technical Product Manager

Purdue Polytechnic Institute

•	Theorized and experimentally validated the application of solar cells for conspicuously extending battery life of smartphones based on indoor v/s outdoor and idle v/s active smartphone user behavior
•	Researched in the field of solar energy harvesting focusing of ultra-low power energy harvesters, LED light harvesting, and photovoltaic harvesters
•	Introduced the concept of idle charging to improve battery life of electronic devices
•	Provided theoretical design analysis and guidelines to implement energy harvesting systems for smartphones

Publications:
• Published and presented independent research titled “Energy Harvesting for Idly Charging Smartphones to Improve Perceived Battery Life” at IEEE INTERCON, 2017 on August 2017, in Cusco, Peru.
• Paper titled "Extending Battery Life of Smartphones by Overcoming Idle Power Consumption Using Ambient Light Energy Harvesting" published in IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2018. Presenting the research at the conference in February 2018, in Lyon, France.

Undergraduate Research Fellow

Dood Ride-sharing

- Building the next generation of peer-to-peer rideshare
- Android and iOS developer
- Advisor

Purdue University

• Nominated as 1 of 11 fellows from over 2000 students across Purdue for a year-long professional development program and received a $2500 scholarship
• Represented Purdue at BIF 2016, CES 2017, SXSW 2017, and IEEE INTERCON 2017
• Engaged in professional development and community building activities
• Participated in Nationwide Conferences to represent Purdue Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Served as a role model to inspire student entrepreneurs

Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fellow

Rishabh Group

- Analyze solar-power based business models in India, other Asian countries, Europa and the United States
- Conducted research and published papers on solar energy applications and presented at recognized international conferences like INTERCON 2017, and ICIT 2018
- Chaulked out a new business model based on government policies and real estate projects to reduce the break-even period by 2x

Business Development Specialist

Dime

•  Built initial minimum viable product that helped college students make quick decisions on food and movies through tinder-like anonymous voting and trend analysis; peaked >100 installs in beta
•  Analyzed user funnels using Firebase Analytics to identify a crucial flaw in the decision-making process
•  Led team of two (backend and frontend developers) through two major pivots and competitions, winning consultancy awards, studio memberships, and strategic partnerships worth >$15,000
•  Developed an Android and iOS application to improve group decision making to carry out live anonymous voting, opinion, and trend analysis, and driving consensus by algorithmically eliminating options
•  Facilitated user retention by implementing Push Notifications and analytics using Google Firebase framework, animated GIFs by utilizing Giphy API endpoints, and friendly UI following Google Material Design guidelines
•  Selected to present at the Innovation Summit, Purdue, 2016 and Greater Lafayette Startup Weekend, 2016

Co-Founder | Android Developer | iOS Developer

CRIS; A Autonomous Society under the Ministry of Indian Railways

•  Interviewed development and test engineers and consulted with managers to design a mobile variant of the scrap metal procurement web platform for Indian Railways
•  Developed an Android platform – native app, database queries, Java web container, and RESTful API resulting in a platform for secure online auctioning of $M tenders across India
•  Developed a web application container hosting a Java servlet with custom RESTful API and database connection services (PL/SQL) and an Android application to run real-time auctions for Railway scrap
•  Secured access to bidding portal using Public-Key Cryptography
•  Delivered a production version of the software in a very fast paced environment in less than 5 weeks
•  Wrote SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures to modify DB at the application server level
•  Conducted an introductory Android workshop for employees

Software Engineering Intern

Mobile Enerlytics, LLC.

•	Re-designed UI of a battery saver android app Estar based on user behavior analytics and material design
•	Conducted market research, competitive analysis, and app store optimization (ASO) resulting in a 7x increase in weekly play store visitors and 65% increase in the number of weekly installs
•	Ran marketing campaigns on Google AdWords and Facebook and created feature video improving online user engagement by 2x and growing company’s mobile platform to over 100k downloads

Software Engineer

As an esteemed alum of Purdue University and the Co-Founder/CEO of Presso, Nishant Jain has embarked on an entrepreneurial journey driven by a deep observation of both the history and the current state of garment care in the United States.


After emigrating from India a decade ago, Nishant noticed a significant disparity in garment care practices between the two countries. His upbringing in India emphasized meticulous garment care, while outdated laundry practices prevailed in the U.S., revealing a fundamental gap.


This disconnect inspired Presso's inception. Nishant recognized that clothing is more than fabric; it's an emotional connection that influences confidence and identity. With a technical background in electrical engineering, computer science, and entrepreneurship, Nishant envisioned Presso as a modernizing force in an industry ripe for innovation. Presso is not just a laundry service; it's a commitment to positive change.


Through cutting-edge technologies, Presso aims to redefine the laundry experience, respecting the emotional value people place on their garments. Nishant's dedication reflects his profound commitment to innovation, enhancing the quality of everyday life for individuals globally.


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