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Over 25 Years of HVAC System Experience

Jan 24, 2022

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Let your Carrier Service Expert help you get the most out of your investment. With today’s modern technology, they can recommend upgrades and retrofits to keep your equipment operating as efficiently as possible during its service life . And, when it comes time to replace, they can assist you with the best solutions whether a single piece of equipment or your entire HVAC system.

Engineer

Jake Bertani

Jake has five years’ experience in the HVAC industry. He started his career as a sales engineer in upstate New York, focusing on applied and unitary products.

His experience then branched out to the VRF and Ductless product market as a Territory VRF Sales and Support Specialist. Currently, he is in the Software Systems group focusing on the training of consulting engineers and new users on heating and cooling loads and energy analysis using the Hourly Analysis Program (HAP). He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

Engineer

Bill Brown

Bill has over 40 years HVAC experience. Bill has been trained as union mechanic with extensive experience for servicing residential and commercial products.

His experience includes service of rooftop, split systems and chillers, including centrifugal chillers. Bill also worked as a service manager and owned his own HVAC service company for over 10 years. Bill has provided training to apprentice HVAC technicians. He currently is the lab supervisor and creates and administers lab training exercises in support of the fundamental, pro-mechanical and pro-electrical and rooftop and chiller training. Bill also assists in centrifugal chiller teardown classes.

Professor

Robert Feduik, PE, LEED® AP

Bob has thirty seven years of HVAC experience. He started his career as a Consulting Engineer of HVAC design for 4 years in Syracuse, NY. He was an application engineer for Carrier Corporation’s packaged units, centrifugal and absorption chillers.

His experience includes account management at Carrier Independent and Direct sales organizations involving all aspects of training and servicing consulting engineers and contractors in HVAC systems. Currently, he is in the Software Systems group focusing on training consulting engineers on heating and cooling loads and energy analysis using Hourly Analysis Program (HAP).

Professor

Russell Logalbo

Russ has over 45 years’ experience in the HVAC industry. He has worked in field operations, product management, and product development with the first DDC systems developed by Carrier up to today’s BACnet systems.

He currently is involved with instructional course development, and design of technical building control and sales courses as well as service and design course on air distribution and troubleshooting. He teaches HVAC contractors on the proper design, installation, operation and configuration of building controls systems and networks using BACnet and the i-Vu® Building Automation system.

Engineer

John McTiernan

John started in the HVAC industry over 45 years ago with Carrier Corporation. He has had positions of increasing responsibility in research, reliability, quality and service engineering in Syracuse as well as service supervisor and service manager positions in the field.

His experience and responsibilities have ranged from residential through commercial to heavy machinery products. He worked as a service training instructor for ten years before becoming the technical training manager of Carrier Commercial Service for eight years until his retirement. In addition, he has instructed for RSES and the United Associations HVAC Apprentice Program.

Engineer

Dean Richardson

Dean has over 35 years of HVAC industry experience including 14 years of Service and Application engineering for Residential and Commercial split system and packaged products.

Dean spent 14 years as Technical Service manager for Carrier/Bryant Distribution in New York, New Jersey and New England. Currently he is a Senior Service Training Instructor for Carrier University teaching Basic, Pro Troubleshooting Electrical and Mechanical, Heat Pump, Gas Furnace, Troubleshooting Single Zone & VAV Rooftops, and NATE/EPA Certification classes.