
No fancy summary, that's not me.
In a nutshell, this is all I've ever done.
I started at D&D and worked for years there before I basically outgrew the place skillwise and knowledge wise. I left to explore the hvac world and ended up at Desired Temp. I worked away jobs for 6 months and when I came back I actually met the employees and seen how day to day "normal jobs" went. It became apparent that the company was very unethical and I didn't want my name associated with them and I quickly left. I went to work for someone who I knew to be the beat of people and a great hvac guy. We did a TV shows work for years and it was truly the most fun I've had in the trade. The homes were huge and so were the budgets. I was afforded the ability to do the best possible work with the best possible materials and equipment. I also took every course and got every certification I could find.
Eventually I was approached by a larger commercial company and they asked me to start a residential division from scratch. I was young and they handed me a corporate credit card and office space along with the vehicles I need. I started out using their better commercial employees and eventually hired my own more qualified staff. I worked with the VP and CFO to build it into a multi million dollar division and we acquired four other companies along the way which turned it into a money maker. The first company they bought me was Climate Design Systems and that really got me going. Unfortunately, years later....my VP passed suddenly and my support system decayed. New management choices made me decide to leave.
I started my own business and quickly realized I did it in a horrible time, but word spread and I did well. The market has seemed to shift from quality to price, and the staffing shortage is undesirable. I'm getting older and my body is telling me to go back in the office and let the younger generation swing a hammer.
Smaller HVAC company. I was the lead person.
Our main customer was the TV show This Old House. We did deal with other high end builders as well though.
Our main focus was on our part of the major remodels of high end homes, and maintaining top level quality.
Our average job would consist of 4-6 zoned air systems with multiple erv integrated, make up air for kitchen hoods and steam humidification.
We specialized in high velocity systems.
I was simply an installer at this company and my employment lasted under a year.
Typical hvac company doing mostly new construction.
I came to understand that the owner was..... less than ethical, and I promptly left the company.
Kept a small and simple HVAC business for 10 years.
Focused on high end residential work.
We did both forced air and boilers.
High velocity experts.
Radiant.
Steam humidification
Etc
Was tasked with creating a residential division within a commercial company.
Started from scratch.
Hired staff, outfitted work vehicles, overseen sales staff and subcontractors, organized warehouse inventory, streamlined installation production, handled day to day operations, attended weekly boars meetings handling company operations, helped handle marketing strategies, helped setup and sell at home shows, after my division grew substantially I helped with the buyouts of other residential companies. I was involved in selecting what employees to keep, what vehicles and equipment to keep, taking over their contracts, and in some cases.....implementation of our office software and operating procedures.
I would also usually run smaller commercial jobs at the same time. Perhaps ones that were more "challenging". There was alot of commercial involvement for me
I was hired here young and basically learned the trade. The company did mostly new construction homes. After years of learning I was the lead person at the company and handled all the employees and the installations.
I only left because I simply wanted to learn more and better myself. I still talk with the owner and will help out once in a great while when they don't understand something.
I'm old school
I sell, design, fabricate, install, service and maintain
I oversee sales staff, warehouse staff, install staff, sometimes service staff, install foreman and their helpers
I work with other division managers such as commercial management, warehouse management, shop management, fleet management, ceo, vp, cfo, our vendors, etc
I try and ethically get top quality work done within the company system I'm working while keeping things running smoothly, efficiently, and ahead of schedule and budget