Our Team of experts


Sales

Christian Hagensen, MBA
Vice President - Sales

Christian Hagensen is ENERVEX's Vice President

Christian has been associated with the ENERVEX group of companies since 1998.

He has worked in most facets of the company, including administration, as a manufacturer's representative, and now as part of the management team. He has worked as a sales representative for United Energy Products in Crofton, MD - a manufacturer's representative of venting systems and boilers - and started ENERVEX's branch office in Chicago, which he turned into a major player in Chicagoland. 

Christian has extensive experience working with owners, architects, engineers, and contractors in the design and construction of buildings, both domestically and internationaly. He has been an active member for both the national chapters of ASHRAE and the USGBC, as well as the local chapters in Chicago, IL.

Christian holds a BA in Management from Georgia State University and an MBA degree from DePaul University, Chicago, with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Execution, & Valuation.

Commercial / Industrial

Rob Kral
Sales Manager - Commercial

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BS in Marketing. Rob joined the company in 2013 and is responsible for all commercial sales. He supports and works with our representatives.

Andrew Campbell
Product Manager - Heat Transfer Products

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BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Andrew is responsible for the continued development of our heat recovery products. He also assists with applications and designs using his extensive background with boiler manufacturers. 

Sam Khano
Product Manager - Venting

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Sam attended Southern Polytechnic State University for Mechanical Engineering. He has extensive experience in commercial and industrial process air equipment, kitchen venting design; and chimney design. He is a venting expert and is responsible for all of ENERVEX's chimney and grease duct products.

Adam Wilson
Project Manager - Venting

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Adam joined the company in 2015. He attended Southern Polytechnic State University for Mechanical Engineering and for Architecture. He has extensive experience in commercial construction, UL, chimney and venting design.

Tim Buttrick
Sr Designer - Venting Products

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Tim has decades of experience in venting design with major chimney manufacturers. He works with Adam and supports all our reps with designs and drawings.

Karl Coleman
Application Manager

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BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Been with the company since 2000. Karl supports our rep organization with applications and designs, and performs a lot of commissionings.

Residential

John Altiere
Sales Manager - Residential

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BS in Marketing. John has been with the company since 2001 and is responsible for all residential and kitchen sales. Together with Scordato, he takes care of and supports our distributors and fireplace manufacturers.

Inside Sales

Joey Bunnelle
Order Handling & Logistics Manager

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BS in Marketing. Been with the company since 2005. Responsible for all order handling and customer service.

Tony Pouncey
Sales Support Specialist

Tony Pouncey

Tony joined our company in October 2020. Tony handles chimney system orders in particilar and provides general sales supports to our comemrcial sales represenatives.


Marketing

Shereen Al-Jaff
Technical Writer & Media Producer

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Shereen joined the company in 2021. She is responsible for developing educational and marketing material. 


Operations

Kevin Hite
Director of Operations

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Kevin joined us in February 2020 after almost 20 years with Leuco Tools Corp in Villa Rica, GA where his recent responsibilities were managing Production and IT.

Kevin's responsibilities are to manage our operation (production and processes) as well as tactical material planning.

Production

Tim Moone
Production Manager

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Tim joined the company in 2016. He has a decade worth of experience in sheet metal fabrication and lean manufacturing. In charge of fabrication and assembly and manages a team of 10+.

Charis Hester
Production & Material Planner

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Charis joined us in August 2020 after 20 years with Leuco Tools Corp in Villa Rica, GA where her most recent responsibilities were production scheduling and material planning.

Charis' responsibilities are to manage our production and material planning.

Steve Williamson
Production Engineer

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Steve joined us in 2020 and is in charge of setting up assembly lines and production equipment.

Chris Harbin
Manufacturing Team Leader

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Chris joined us in 2014 and is a master thin-sheet welder and is in charge of our fabrication. He has several welders and fabricators reporting to him.

Micah Richardson
Team Leader - Assembly

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Micah joined us in 2018. He is a wizard with a resistance but also excels in other types of fabrication.

Edgar Velasco
Fabricator

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Edgar joined us in 2020. He is a wizard with a brake press but also excels in any type of fabrication.

Josh Bouldin
Laser Operator

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Josh joined us in 2016. He is an expert in operating our Fiber Laser Cutter and can make the cuts smoother than anybody else. He's is also the "flange roller whisperer".

Stephen May
Welder

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Stephen joined us in 2016 and is a master thin-sheet welder.

Max Bibbo
Welder

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Max joined us in 2019. He is a thin-sheet welder.

Howard Upchurch
Assembly Technician

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Howard joined us in 2015 and is involved in the assembly of most of our products.

Corey Connor
Control Technician

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Corey joined us in 2017. He is an expert controls builder and builds our UL508 controls and enclosures.

Danny Heffner
Assembly Technician

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Danny joined us in 2019 and is involved in the assembly of most of our products.

Jason Huegle
Assembly Technician

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Jason joined us in 2019 and is involved in the assembly of most of our products and BEFx in particular.

Juston Stills
Metal Forming Technician

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Juston joined us in 2020 and is involved metal forming parts for our products.

Preston Roberts
Welder / Metal Forming Technician

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Preston joined us in 2020 and is involved with welding and metal forming parts for our products.

Chandler Johnson
Welder

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Chandler joined us in 2020. He works as a welder and fabricator.

Warehousing & Inventory

Jason Roberts
Warehouse Manager

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Jason joined us in 2019 and is responsible for all inventory and warehouse activities.

Howard Thomas
Warehouse Supervisor

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Howard joined us in 2009 and is responsible for all shipping and receiving.

Ronnie Fitzgerald
Warehouse Specialist

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Ronnie joined us in 2019 and is involved in all order handling, shipping and receiving.


Engineering and R&D

Young Han
Director of Engineering and R&D

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BSME from Georgia Tech. Rejoined ENERVEX in September 2020 after his first stint from 2007 to 2014. Has more than 15 years of experience with product development and product management.

Young is responsible for product development, engineering and technical support.

Mechanical

Catalin Mocanu
Manufacturing Engineering Manager

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Catalin joined us in 2019 and is responsible for all manufacturing engineering.

Ian Slevinski
Mechanical Designer

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Ivan joined us in 2019 and brings more than 10 years of mechanical design experience with multiple companies in the commercial & industrial space. Ian graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He works alongside Catalin to support current products and production.

Electrical

William Sosa
Electrical Engineering Manager

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BSEE - Electrical Engineer. Joined the company in 2014 and is responsible for the continued development of our electrical and control products as well as Technical Support. He also assists with applications and designs using his extensive background.  Williams is fluent in Spanish and English and performs a lot of our commissioning worldwide.

Ivan Hall
Technical Support Specialist

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Ivan has an Associate degree in mechanical design and has been with the company since 2015. Provides technical support and troubleshooting to our representatives and contractors.

Technical Support

Alton Smith
Technical Support Specialist

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Alton joined us in 2019. He has an extensive background in mechanical and electrical design. Provides technical support and troubleshooting to our representatives and contractors.


Accounting, IT and HR

Tommy Madsen
Vice President - Accounting, IT & HR

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Tommy joined ENERVEX in 2017 as Vice President of Accounting, IT & HR. He earned his Master of Science from the Technical University of Denmark and is now responsible for our accounting functions and for streamlining our work processes to enhance efficiencies.

Tommy is one of the most experienced Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) professionals in North America. ENERVEX has used NAV as the ERP system since its introduction to the US market in the early 90's.

He gained his early experience in ERP software and implementation working for companies such as IBM and Ernest & Young Consulting. He has been a key member of the initial product localization team that introduced the Navision product to the U.S. market in the early 90's. He was instrumental in helping Navision penetrate the U.S. market and become what it is today, the premier business solution for growing and innovative companies.


Accounting

Sangita Jain
Controller

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Sangita holds a BA in Political Science and a degree in Accounting. She joined our team in 2019 and has an extensive background in financials and accounting. She is a valuable support for Tommy, our Vice President of Accounting, IT & HR.

Administration and HR

Piper James
Executive Assistant

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Piper joined us in 2012 and support our managers as well as our accounting department. She arranges all our internal meetings and activities.

Physical Training

Frank Consola
Personal Trainer

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"Fit Frank" joined us in 2009 as physical trainer. He tries to keep everybody fit and makes us eat properly. His success-rate is high and more than 60% of our team works out with him at least once a week. We have assigned him a complete training facility.


ENERVEX Georgia

ENERVEX Georgia is the sales outlet for the State of Georgia.

Office:
1685 Bluegrass Lakes Pkwy.
Alpharetta, GA 30004
P (770) 587-3238
F (770) 587-4731

Felipe Alvarez
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (770) 354-1099
Email: felipea(at)enervex.com

BSME - Mechanical Engineer and a degree in Computer Science. Felipe joined the company in 2015 and is multi-lingual in Spanish, German and English. Felipe is responsible for all our sales activities.


ENERVEX Michigan

ENERVEX Michigan is the sales outlet for the State of Michigan.

Office:
574 Carnoustie Ave SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
P (616) 540-0450

Bill Dunn
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (616) 540-0450
Email: bdunn(at)enervex.com

BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Bill joined the company in 2018 and is responsible for all sales activities.


ENERVEX Midwest

ENERVEX Midwest is the sales outlet for the State of Kansas, Western Missouri and Nebraska.

Office:
10610 Widmer
Lenexa, KS 66215
P (913) 601-4100
F (913) 601-4101

Jere Kimmel
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (816) 550-0733
Email: jkimmel(at)enervex.com

BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Jere joined the company in 2019 and is responsible for all sales activities in Kansas. He has a very strong background in boilers and venting and is a former partner in Associated Equipment Sales.

Ron Clevenger
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (816) 258-3222
Email: rclevenger(at)enervex.com

Ron has decades of experience in the HVAC industry in Kansas City. He joined the company in 2020 and is involved in business development and sales activities.


ENERVEX Minnesota

ENERVEX Minnesota is the sales outlet for the States of Minnesota and North Dakota.

Office:
13566 Kerry Lane
Eden Prairie, MN 55346
P (612) 710-2608
F (770) 587-4731

Todd Pennington
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (612) 710-2608
Email: tpennington(at)enervex.com

BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Todd joined the company in 2021 and is responsible for all sales activities. He has a very strong background having worked with boilers and venting for decades.


ENERVEX New England

ENERVEX New England is the sales outlet for the States of Massachussetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut.

Office:
P.O. Box 1701
New Bedford, MA 02741
P (401) 932-3855
F (401) 633-6844

Mark Sylvia
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (401) 935-3855
Email: mark.sylvia(at)enervex.com

BSME - Mechanical Engineer. Mark joined the company in 2006. Mark is responsible for all sales activities.


ENERVEX Northern California

ENERVEX Northern California is the sales outlet for the northern part of State of California.

Office:
1480 Oddstand Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
P (650) 593-2207

John Adachi
Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (650) 440-9335
Email: john.adachi(at)enervexnorcal.com


ENERVEX Southern California

ENERVEX Southern California is the sales outlet for the southern part of State of California.

Office:

Irvine, CA 
P (714) 264-0312
F (770) 587-4731

Amir Sahlabadi
Sales Manager

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Mobile: (714) 264-0312
Email: asahlabadi(at)enervex.com

PE, MBA. Amir joined the company in 2021 and is responsible for all sales activities in Southern California.

Jimmy McGee
Technical Sales Engineer

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Mobile: (714) 264-1768
Email: jmcgee(at)enervex.com

AA - Chemistry & Math. Jimmy joined the company in 2020 and his responsibilities include sales, engineering design support and systems commissioning in Southern California.