It started with a job application that never got a reply.
When our founder arrived in America, one of the first things he did was apply for a job at McDonald's. He never heard back. Not a no — just silence. He wasn't unqualified, unwilling, or unavailable. He simply disappeared into a pile of applications, like millions of frontline workers do every year.
That experience became the idea behind Cleo: give every frontline worker a fast, fair, verified way to be seen — and give the employers hiring them a way to trust who's in front of them. One conversation, one verified identity, one shot that actually lands.
Make frontline hiring fast, fair, and verified — for everyone in it.
Cleo turns the slow, fragmented, error-prone process of hiring hourly workers into a single verified flow. Employers fill roles faster and stay compliant; workers get seen, verified, and carry a credential they own to the next job. Both sides win, or it isn't worth building.
The principles behind the product.
Everyone gets seen
No qualified worker should vanish into a stack of applications.
Trust is verified
Real identity and real compliance, not a quick glance and a guess.
Workers own their record
The credential belongs to the person, and travels with them.
Speed without shortcuts
Faster hiring that never cuts a compliance corner.
Builders behind Cleo.
A small, senior team building verified hiring for frontline workers and the employers who hire them.
Serial founder with 25+ years building in Boston. Sets Cleo's vision for fair, verified frontline hiring.
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Zubeir anchors CleoHR’s technical vision, combining over 20 years of enterprise leadership with cutting-edge AI architecture. He leads the engineering team and masterminds the core platform that runs identity, background, drug, and I-9 compliance in one verified flow.
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Akber Zaidi is Chief Financial Officer at Cleo, leading the company's financial strategy, planning, and operations. He brings extensive experience in corporate finance, financial planning, and scaling high-growth businesses.
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Shapes the product and how operators adopt it, from first apply to verified hire.
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Leads go-to-market and growth, bringing verified hiring to more frontline employers.
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Katie Manty, M.S. is Chief Marketing Officer at Cleo, leading brand, marketing, and growth. With expertise in AI, data strategy, and customer engagement, she helps drive customer adoption and build trusted, scalable go-to-market strategies.
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The idea
The first build of verified frontline hiring — one conversation from apply to ready-to-work.
CleoHR, Inc.
Incorporated as CleoHR, Inc., focused fully on verified hiring.
One verified flow
Identity, background, drug, and I-9 / E-Verify brought together with a portable Work Passport.
What's ahead
More surfaces, more integrations, and faster rehires for the operators who run on Cleo.
Build the future of frontline hiring with us.
Whether you're hiring, looking for work, or want to join the team — there's a place for you here.