Trane (Piscataway, N.J.) announced that Larry Wash has joined the company as vice president – services and contracting for its commercial customers. Based in Piscataway, he is responsible for leading and managing the Americas Services and Contracting business which delivers integrated HVAC solutions to Trane customers. Trane also announced that Jim Kornemann has joined as product manager – Global Parts. He is based in La Crosse, Wis.

Mitsubishi Electric HVAC, Suwanee, Ga., has added 14 new staff members to various departments. Jim Jordan and Travis Byrd have joined the company as technical service advisors in the Atlanta Call Center. Robert Serafin, Curt Griffin, and Darrell Smith serve as East, West, and Midwest area service managers. Ken Brown joins the Atlanta Training Center as training manager. John Matson joins the sales department in the position of northeast regional manager. Seven others also join the sales team, including David Giles, West area sales engineer, and John Wright, Central area sales engineer; Ruben Willmarth as regional sales manager for the Western U.S.; Dennis Cobb as the new area manager in Florida; and Dan Keck and Will Scott as new area sales managers in the Central U.S. Jeb Bates also joins the company as the New England City Multi specialist.

Publication date: 10/17/2005