When Jake Holst left the Air Force, he was not sure what direction he would take for a career. That is when a fellow veteran told him about the distributor Behler-Young and how great it was working there.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Chris Kelley
Chris was promoted to branch manager of Medford in February 2018. In a little over four years, Chris has grown sales in the branch by over 60%.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Jason Kosarek
Jason has assumed several positions within Daikin, including digital marketing manager, strategic marketing manager, and most recently senior manager of environmental market activity.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Chris Landgrebe
Under his direction the company was named “Best Contractor to Work For” in 2020 by The ACHR NEWS and received the “Extraordinary Outlook Award” from Service Nation Alliance.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Brandon Marshall
Realizing the industry was embarking on significant changes, Brandon set his sights on leading his team, OEMs, distributors, techs, and others in navigating the landscape in ways that were sustainable for the planet and their businesses.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Trevor May
Trevor May started in the HVAC industry several years ago as a technician on commercial systems.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Johan Miranda
Johan has helped implement and further initiatives like cycle counting, warranty processing, bin locations, wireless warehousing, and obsolete item program, including setting up measurables and tracking for each program.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Paige Muhlenkamp
As the channel marketing leader, Paige is responsible for leading the creation of customer-focused marketing programs to spur customer growth and increase customer satisfaction.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Ketan Namjoshi
Since he has a deep understanding of the issues in the field as well as an engineering background in controls, Ketan is able to develop products and tools to help overcome common contractor challenges to make installation quicker and easier.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Dustin Neff
Dustin is constantly looking for ways to help his team and is always willing to help when needed.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Hector Olguin
Hector became involved in manufacturing operations and proved himself as a leader, progressing to supervisory and managing roles where he could bring about positive change.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Chad Peterman
Despite only being 35 years old, Chad Peterman is already helping the next generation of HVAC technicians. In 2020, Peterman and his company created the Top Tech Academy, an in-house training program.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Sergio Ramos
Sergio is a humble person and very well-liked by his customers and coworkers. During COVID, he helped support the company’s manufacturing and distribution partners and also launched several IAQ products, which greatly increased sales.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Ryan Reimer
Ryan has a passion for learning everything he can about his product lines, whether it be flying across the country for field visits, training sales representatives and receiving feedback, or developing new products and processes based on research.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Alyssa Rogers
Alyssa’s vision and skillset have been instrumental in the rapid growth of Rogers. She oversees the office operations and has created a culture that is customer experience focused and team oriented.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Doug Rose
What sets Doug apart is his mission to teach and instill the importance of the trade industry in today’s youth.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Daniel Sesma
Daniel quickly became the “go-to guy” for bringing challenging projects both on time and in budget. This allowed the natural progression of Daniel finding himself using his tools less and less for projects and more his natural leadership with his follow coworkers.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Travis Shull
Travis is always ready and eager to ensure customer satisfaction, promote sales growth, and provide support to other businesses.
2022 Top 40 Under 40: Devin Skipper
Devin started the business from nothing with his wife, Brooke, 10 years ago. The duo has grown the business into a multimillion-dollar company that employs more than 35 team members.
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