Senior Management

Gus Carey

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

The founder of Allergy Technologies, Gus Carey, entered the bed bug business in an unconventional way. With roots in the financial services industry, Mr. Carey founded Allergy Technologies in 2001 with a commitment to developing innovative, effective, and consumer-friendly solutions and products to address environmental and healthcare issues in both the affordable housing and hospitality industries.

 

Before his work with Allergy Technologies, Mr. Carey was a Managing Director of W.P. Carey & Co. (NYSE: WPC) and Vice Chairman and President of four REITs sponsored by W. P. Carey, with assets totaling over $2 billion. He has also served as a loan officer in the North American Department of Kleinwort Benson Limited in London and was Controller at ETA Computer Services. Mr. Carey has an A.B. from Amherst College, a Master’s in Management Studies from Oxford, and an Advanced Management degree from Harvard. He has served on various Boards, including Miss Porter’s School, Springside School, the Highlands Mansion and Gardens, the Philadelphia Zoo, and the Ambler Campus of Temple University. Mr. Carey is active in fundraising for charities, including Oxford University and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

 

He lives in Ambler, PA, with his wife, the horticulturist, author, and lecturer, Jenny Rose Carey. They have three daughters and two grandchildren.

Joseph Latino

President

Joseph S. Latino has over 20 years of experience in the overlapping fields of science and pest control. As President of Allergy Technologies, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company, including developing and operating the company’s ATAHC™ Program. He also oversees the market expansion of the Company’s proprietary technology product, ActiveGuard® Mattress Liners.

 

Before joining Allergy Technologies in 2009, Mr. Latino led Corporate Development at Rambug Pest Control for 12 years, overseeing client base expansion. 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, including a Co-founding/CEO role of AcquiSci, a privately held company whose mission was to identify, acquire, and develop undervalued and promising emergent medical technologies. He has also served as a consultant and Head of Research for LipidViro Tech, a consultant for Health Canada, and 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 in Biochemistry. He also holds a Bachelor’s Biology and Chemistry from Brooklyn College. He lives with his wife, Nanette, and family in Blue Bell, PA.