About

Scott Donald Wiele is a visionary entrepreneur, environmental services expert, and manufacturing specialist from Hennepin County, Minnesota. Entrepreneur Wiele co-created a renowned diabetes research company in the early 1990s. He has since co-founded several other highly successful businesses. Wiele graduated from the University of Minnesota and the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

A dedicated family man, the entrepreneur, environmental services expert, and manufacturing specialist puts his loved ones first in everything. Away from his work and family commitments, he is passionate about various hobbies and other interests. His longest-standing hobbies and interests include golf, music, reading, running, and writing.

Current Role & Duties

Entrepreneur and manufacturing specialist Wiele co-founded a cleaning solutions company in Orono, Minnesota. The company specializes in manufacturing facility cleaning solutions. The Hennepin County-based firm offers specialist wall and ceiling vacuuming and safe, no-mess deep cleaning.

Environmental services expert Wiele and his team focus on highly detailed, special project cleaning beyond the scope of traditional janitorial services. That includes addressing rafter ceilings, conduits, decks, lighting, ventilation, and more.

Also on offer are various industrial painting, floor resurfacing, and other services. Under co-founder Wiele's expert guidance,has pioneered a one-vendor solution for all ceilings, floors, and walls. The company's process is unique and sees all tasks completed around clients' production schedules at no extra cost.

Career History

EverKleen

Before establishing his company, Wiele co-founded EverKleen, another highly successful Minnesota-based venture. He and his co-founder established EverKleen to provide companies of all shapes and sizes within the local and regional industrial sectors with the highest quality environmental services.

The venture immediately set itself apart from the competition by maintaining a specific focus on the latest technological advances. This differentiating focus on technology instantly saw EverKleen stand out from the rest of the market, allowing the business to flourish under the expert guidance of its two co-founders.

Islet Technology

In 1994, Wiele co-created Islet Technology, a renowned diabetes research company based in St. Paul, Minnesota. Islet Technology's innovations included an insulin-producing islet cell isolation, encapsulation, and transplantation method. The method sought to revolutionize treatment options for insulin-dependent diabetics.

Islet Technology maintained close ties with the University of Minnesota, the University of California, Davis—or UC Davis—and the University of California, Los Angeles – best known as UCLA. Wiele and his team regularly collaborated with the three leading universities on projects ranging from microencapsulation to islet cell transplantation.

Islet Technology prospered for over a decade as a recognized international leader in diabetes research. Wiele served as the renowned diabetes research company's chairman until May 2005.

Academic Background

University of Minnesota

Scott Donald Wiele studied at the University of Minnesota for four years, from 1972 until 1976. Founded in 1851, the University of Minnesota is a public land-grant research university. The Twin Cities institution boasts main campus sites in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, approximately three miles apart.

The prestigious institution has a rich history and consistently ranks among the top public research universities in the United States. It is also widely recognized overseas for its groundbreaking research and innovative discoveries. Alongside Wiele, other notable graduates include former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and economist Eugene Fama.

Wiele studied English at the University of Minnesota. It is from the Twin Cities-based university that the dedicated family man, visionary entrepreneur, and manufacturing specialist holds his Bachelor of Arts degree.

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Wiele completed further studies at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. The Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a forward-thinking private law school accredited by the American Bar Association.

The law school's history dates back over a century. More than 100 years later, it continues to shape legal education and the surrounding legal profession. Wiele enrolled at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 1978, graduating three years later with his Juris Doctor degree in 1981.

The Mitchell Hamline School of Law boasts an impressive and highly active alumni network, providing opportunities for networking, mentorship, and career support. Wiele's fellow former students are involved in professional fields ranging from government services to public interest work.

Charitable Involvement

Wiele proudly champions an ever-growing roster of all-important good causes in the United States and overseas. Among these good causes are numerous well-known charities, global nonprofit organizations, and smaller initiatives in and around his home city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

He is also a lifelong proponent of the value and importance of volunteering. Throughout life, the entrepreneur, environmental services expert, and manufacturing specialist has volunteered for many good causes. Time permitting, he remains constantly open to new volunteering opportunities near his Hennepin County home.

Moreover, while Islet Technology, co-founded by Wiele, was a for-profit company, it never took any funds during a 10-year time period. That was while constantly pioneering diabetes research, advancing the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetic patients, and collaborating with the University of Minnesota, UC Davis, and UCLA.

Personal Life

Scott Donald Wiele lives in Golden Valley in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Golden Valley is a western suburb of Minneapolis, one of Minnesota's famous Twin Cities. Twin City Minneapolis exists alongside the neighboring North Star State capital of St. Paul. Entrepreneur, environmental services expert, and manufacturing specialist Scott is a dedicated family man.

Forever putting his loved ones first, he is also passionate about numerous hobbies and other interests. Among these hobbies and interests are dining, golf, meditation, music, reading, running, travel, and writing. He meditates, reads, and listens to music daily. Golf and running, meanwhile, are his two longest-standing hobbies. Wiele has been a runner for over 40 years.

Elsewhere, he started golfing as a young child and has never lost his desire to improve. Decades later, he has played in numerous golf tournaments and is currently achieving the best scores of his life. Work-wise, Wiele is now approaching retirement but will remain a consultant in the manufacturing sector, where he has so successfully established himself.