ProTech HVAC

Here’s a snapshot of what I’ve been up to for the past 30 years:

The HVAC Guru, LLC – Portsmouth, NH 2009 – Present

Sales, Design, Installation & Service

Perform all tasks associated with HVAC contracting – Design, sell, install and service heating, ventilation, A/C, and refrigeration systems. Manage all aspects of business operation and development, marketing and brand-building, AP/AR, Sales Engineering, Customer/Client PR, Inventory Control, Vendor Relations, Customer Database Management, etc.

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, The Library Restaurant, Motel 6 and numerous others.

Designed and installed 13 systems in a $12,000,000 home for the developer of the cable modem, Rouzbeh Yassini.

Designed and installed the replacement climate control systems for the Walter Gropius House Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, near Waldon Pond and numerous other properties for preservation societies such as Historic New England and Enfield Shaker Museum.

Protech HVAC, LLC – Portsmouth, NH – 2004 – Present

Consulting

Evaluate ineffective/incorrectly installed HVACR systems to determine cost to repair or replace.

Evaluate HVACR Systems to Determine Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Sales Engineering Service

Consultant to HVACR Manufacturers

Consultant to Insurance Companies

Consultant to Home Inspection Companies

Developer and Designer of HVACR Business Administration and Management Tools, Forms and Systems

Expert Witness

Represent Plaintiffs and Defendants in Civil Cases

Expert Testimony in Civil cases in Depositions and Court

Professional/Expert Opinion-based Consultation on Whether or Not to Litigate

Thayer Corporation – Pembroke, NH 2008 – 2009

Sales Engineer – Design, Sales and System Analysis & Troubleshooting

While at Thayer Corp I became involved with diverse climate control projects. I devised a system that utilized a “Smog Hog” particulate air cleaner for a manufacturer of Budweiser beer bottles. I designed an internal heat gain removal system for a military subcontractor research facility and the spreadsheets used to calculate the mechanical equipment loads. In 3 years of operation in New Hampshire, I brought Thayer Corporation their first profitable quarter and enjoyed 2-3 times greater proposal rate than the company average. That success was achieved with the greater efficiency estimation system I had developed over a 10-year period before my employ with Thayer. I left Thayer to pursue the greater challenges and rewards working for oneself can bring. Sadly for Dan Thayer, a man that I have great respect for, he had to close the doors in N. H. a week later.

Dowling Corporation – Portsmouth, NH 2002 – 2003

Sales Engineer – Residential and Commercial HVAC Systems; Installation and service instruction to apprentices; Design software applications for estimating and project management

Devised 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

Performed all tasks associated with HVAC contracting

Designed, sold, installed and serviced heating, ventilation and A/C systems.

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

President & Inventor & Project Manager

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.

Managed 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 (NHIA) – 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 New Hampshire High Technology Council.

Other Positions Since 1980 – Concord, NH

Bill Trombley Plumbing & Heating – Service Technician/Installer – 1987-1988

Desmarais Refrigeration – Service Technician/Installer – 1987

Ferns Energy Centers – Service Technician/Installer/Fuel Delivery – 1984-1987

Tenney Fuels, Inc. – Service Technician/Installer – 1980 – 1984

Educational History & Licenses

Associate in Science with a Major in Business Administration with Specialization in Management. High Honors (3.92 gpa). New Hampshire Technical Institute (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

American Society of Heating Refrigeration Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Member-Applicant

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Member

International Code Council Member (ICC)

Geothermal Design & Installation Training – WEDI

Biomass Boiler Training – Viessman

Solar Domestic Hot Water and Heating Seminars and Training

Certified Wardflex Gas Piping System Installer- 2004

EPA, CFC Refrigerant Handling, Technician Type II -1995

Private Pilot License, VFR, SEL, Ferns Flying Service -1988

Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Controller Exam-Passing Grade of 89 – 1989