Joe Kountzman has been appointed district manager of Trane's Orlando, Fla., district office. He had held the same title at the company's San Diego operation. Kountzman succeeds Clarence Rode who went to Harshaw Trane in Louisville, Ky., as vice president of operations. Kountzman holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and a master's in business administration from the University of Missouri.

Robert Hyttel, previously a marketing engineer with the Trane Pueblo Business Unit in Colorado, has joined the Orlando operation as account manager. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Jay Faltin, previously an official for United Airlines, has joined Trane Orlando as an account manager. He has nine years of military service in the Air Force and has a degree in engineering mechanics from the Air Force.

Publication date: 06/07/2004