ProTech HVAC

John Rocheleau, founder of ProTech HVAC, LLC, has many accomplishments in the industry as a whole. He began his career in HVAC at New Hampshire Vocational Technical College - presently, New Hampshire Community Technical College (in Manchester, NH) - in 1979.

From 1980 to 1985, John serviced oil burners for 2 multi-generational family-owned fuel companies, whose origins began with selling coal in the 1930s. With the advent of oil burners in the 1940s, these companies installed the earliest technology such as, Timken Rotary, Winkler Low Pressure, General Electric Down-Fired, and Kalamazoo Conversion, oil burners - all of which were on their way out of production and use when John first worked for Tenney Fuels, and Ferns Energy Centers. Nevertheless, John’s apprenticeship involved servicing the earliest technological designs, as well as the 2 most common contemporary (American) burners, Beckett and Carlin.

Until 1988, when John decided to enroll in the Business Management program at New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI), in Concord, he worked for 2 more companies - an air conditioning and refrigeration service company, and a plumbing contractor, gaining invaluable experience in those areas.

While at NHTI, John worked part time under the company name, Best Heating Corp., and became a full-time contracting & service company when he received his degree. For the next eight years John designed, serviced, and installed a broad spectrum of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems for residential and commercial applications.

In 1996, John took a leap of faith with tool and component design ideas for the trade, and embarked on a 2-year invention development odyssey that culminated in over 50 designs, and 2 license agreements with a prominent manufacturer in the HVAC industry - Taco, Inc. .
In 1998 and 1999, 2 license agreements were signed with Taco, and soon thereafter, royalty checks were arriving in John’s mailbox. This modicum of success allowed John to return to NHTI to study drafting, both manual and with AutoCad, facilitating further design abilities.

In 2002, John moved from Concord to the Seacoast, and accepted a “Sales/Estimating” position with Dowling Corp., an HVAC/R contracting and service company of 30 years. For the first time in the company’s history, layoffs in the winter were avoided due to John’s ability to design and sell heating systems. Despite John’s sales ability, he realized that he could be more profitable in self-employment, and left Dowling to form Protech HVAC, LLC.

One of the first jobs Protech HVAC landed was a $300,000 climate control project in the $12,000,000 home (in North Hampton, NH) of the developer of the cable modem. For the next year and a half John installed 4 hydro-air systems, a dehumidification system in the indoor pool and spa room, a commercial kitchen exhaust and make-up air system, numerous ductless split air conditioning systems, and numerous boilers and fuel tanks. The buzzword was “museum quality”, which John actualized through his work. Despite the comprehensive depth and scope of systems design and complexity, John had only 1 callback: a 1″ PVC pipe fitting leaked, and was replaced.

Other clients of Protech include, a property management company, an historic building preservation society, numerous restaurants and super markets, residential and commercial customers, and law firms and plaintiffs with legal issues involving HVAC.

Presently, as an expert witness and consultant, John is involved with 2 Superior Court cases, and is a consultant to independent inventors. He is also writing a book on his experiences as an independent inventor chasing the entrepreneurial dream.

John W. Rocheleau
Resume

· HVAC/R Administration & Management
· Business Development & Sales
· Estimating & Design
· Installation & Service

Profile

Enthusiastic, versatile professional possesses a wide array of skills, talents and accomplishments in the HVAC/R industry. Able to visualize a desired result and employ a broad range of skills, talent and unwavering drive to attain it.

Areas of Strength

Estimating & Sales
HVAC/R Systems Design
Project Management
Business Administration
Installation & Service
Team Leadership
Product Innovation & Development
Creative / Analytical Problem Solving
Communicative
Computer Literate

Professional Highlights

Protech HVAC, LLC - Rye, NH 2003 - Present

Contractor & Consultant - Residential and Commercial HVAC/R Systems Design, Installation and Service

Sales / Design / Installation / Service
Perform all tasks associated with HVAC contracting
· Design, sell, install and service heating, ventilation, A/C, and refrigeration systems.
· Examples of recent jobs: Commercial - HVAC system for restaurant seating 125 patrons. Install and service refrigeration equipment for the oldest family-owned general store in America. Residential - $300,000 comprehensive project in an upscale home for the developer of the cable modem.

Dowling Corporation - Portsmouth, NH 2002 - 2003

Sales / Estimating - Residential and Commercial HVAC Systems; Installation and service instruction to apprentices; Design software applications for estimating and project management

Design
Devise HVAC systems to meet this 42-year HVAC/R service and contracting company’s residential and commercial customers’ needs.
· Successfully sold 55% of all commercial leads.
· Enabled company to avoid winter layoffs by bringing needed hydronic experience to this otherwise Air / Refrigeration contractor.
· Developed Excel and Visual Basic-based systems for job costing, job progress tracking, and estimating, and general administrative purposes.

Best Heating Corp. - Concord, NH 1988 - 2002

HVAC Contractor - Residential and Commercial HVAC Systems Design, Installation and Service

RadPak Corporation and Becca Tools, Inc. - Concord, NH 1996 - Present

President & Inventor
Invention Development

Project Manager / Inventor
Managed legal, marketing, and design teams to develop inventions through to manufacture and successful licensure. Sold inventions through Wholesalers, Manufacturers’ Reps, door-to-door and local & regional tradeshows.
· Raised $250,000 seed money to develop over 50 invention designs.
· Manage all invention projects involving 42 individuals and companies.
· 13 patents on cutting edge designs issued and/or applied for.
· Negotiated license agreements with industry executives, culminating in the licensure of 5 inventions to Taco, Inc. All 5 are now industry standards with 2,000,000 units sold annually by multiple manufacturers.

New Hampshire Inventors Association - Concord, NH 2000 - 2001

President & Chairman - Brought an unprecedented level of professionalism and organization to this, otherwise, grass roots non-profit independent inventor group, based at Franklin Pierce Law Center. Once I defined its mission, picked a BOD, organized the administration, and devised a member database, I created a multi step educational program for inventors, complete with syllabus and world-class speakers and educators. Prior to my resignation, I merged NHIA with NH High Technology Council.

Educational History & Licenses

• Associate in Science with a Major in Business Administration with Specialization in Management. High Honors (3.92 gpa). NHTI - 2001
• Design Graphics I; CAD I; Mechanical Desktop. NHTI, Concord, NH - 2001
• 400 hr. Oil Burner Technology Certificate, NHVTC – Manchester, NH - 1980
• State of Maine, Master Oil Burner License # MS30010511
• State of NH, Gas Fitter’s License # GFE0803219 - STN / STP
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Member
• Certified Wardflex Gas Piping System Installer
  
• EPA, CFC Refrigerant Handling, Technician Type II –1995
• Private Pilot License, VFR, SEL, Ferns Flying Service –1988