In the latest episode of The NEWSMakers podcast, Hannah Belloli, business management editor for The ACHR NEWS, talks to Ben Merrifield, who was featured in NEWS' 2021 Top 40 Under 40 list.

Merrifield has worked in the industry as a technician, a sales representative, an installer, an owner, and at one point, he even worked in service and sales at the same time. He joined the podcast to discuss his journey in the industry, lessons learned along the way, how technological advances have made the trade easier to learn, and why he makes the first task of anyone who is interested in working at Meade’s, including sales and customer service representatives, to install an HVAC unit.