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The event will feature four tracks planned in concert with their coinciding HARDI councils: marketing, sales, human resources, and supply chain & operations.

“I have tremendous respect for all the positions within the HVAC industry,” Steele said. “Without each role working well, everything falls apart. I’ve seen good teams, bad teams, and great teams. Teamwork is the most important part of a successful distributor. I’m grateful to be part of one of the best teams at CFM Equipment Distributors.”

In the summer of 1985, from a garage in Anaheim, California, Dion Quinn drafted the budgets for his first company using an Apple II computer. Thirty-four years later, his company, AC Pro, a family-owned HVAC distributor and manufacturer based in Fontana, California, employs 400 employees across 17 locations in Southern California and southern Nevada.

Search engine optimization (SEO), as technical as it sounds, is critical for a distributor to be found online. In fact, a search engine like Google is where most customers are starting their searches for products, services, or suppliers, according to our ongoing survey of more than 10,000 end users across distribution segments.

He joined Motion Industries in May 2011, following 21 years with ABB/Baldor Electric Co., a Fort Smith, Arkansas-based manufacturer of industrial electric motors, drives, and mechanical power transmission components.

Amazon achieved $178 billion in sales in 2017, which was a 31 percent increase over its 2016 sales numbers. The company is expected to reach $230 billion in sales in 2018. So, how is the company making money so quickly, and what does it mean to your HVAC wholesale business?

“I’m genuinely enthusiastic about our industry because I’m doing something I really enjoy and really care about,” said Sheehan-Jelinek. “This is an exciting time in our industry. We are leading our companies though the digital migration and changing landscape that journey brings. It’s impossible not to be enthusiastic about that.”

Blackman Plumbing Supply, a distributor of plumbing supplies and supplier of HVAC and waterworks products and solutions, has 21 locations and employs more than 450 associates in New York and New Jersey.

The event, held at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas, welcomed more than 300 first-time attendees, including 99 wholesale employees.