“We are so pleased to be honored by Vanguard with this award,” said ProTeam president and chief executive officer, Matt Wood. “I want to extend my thanks to the entire ProTeam organization for all of their hard work, diligence, and support that consistently enables us to be recognized like this.”

The award was presented to Lisa Winter at the franchisor’s 2013 Annual Conference. ProTeam adds the Vanguard award to other recent recognitions, such as the 2012 ISSA Innovation Award equipment category for the new Super Coach Pro backpack vacuum.

Recognized in 2012 by Entrepreneur magazine as one of America’s top 500 franchise opportunities, Vanguard Cleaning Systems has been helping would-be franchise-owners to set up cleaning operations since 1984.