Rod grew up across the street from Ahern field house in Manhattan and snuck into their engineering school before the days of tighter security.  While only passing the heat transfer courses, he was directed towards air conditioning SALES (his last name having nothing to do with destiny).  Working for a small mechanical contractor, it become obvious he needed to broaden his understanding,so he bought an MBA from a dime-store school down the street.  Carrier (GH&C) was his next stop and they taught him the difference between a WSHP & a chiller (barely).  Convinced labor hours would just confuse the estimate to replace A/C, Rod spent years on the road working for equipment manufacturers (Aaon, Munters & Stulz). Having finally been properly tutored (giving up his slide-rule for ESPN), he’s being groomed in the fine art of ”telling the story” AND “we stand behind it” concerning the benefits of both: proper space moisture control & energy-efficient IT cooling. Rod & his much-better-half Debbie, are long-time residents of Lenexa. They have raised two boys and are members of Redeemer Fellowship. 

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In 2015, Ryan graduated with a dual major in Marketing and Management from Kansas State University. Ryan began his career as a technical recruiter for the 3^rd largest IT staffing firm, Insight Global. InJune of 2016 Ryan joined the “A” team and became a Sales Associate at AAP. Ryan is currently focused on gaining product knowledge and the HVAC industry.

Jeff received an Associate's degree from Cloud County Community College (CCCC), where he played college baseball for two years in the Jayhawk conference. After CCCC, Jeff completed his college education at Kansas State University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Marketing. After college, Jeff joined the Associated Air Products (AAP) team in May of 2010, as an inside sales/customer service representative. Jeff's current role is to provide inside sales support to the sales team, and service to all AAP customers. Jeff developed an excellent working knowledge of our products and the HVAC industry. Long-term, Jeff is working toward becoming an outside account sales person.

$0Paul is a graduate of South Dakota State University with a BSME degree. In addition, he is a graduate of Mitchell Technical School for the studies of Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration, and Sheet Metal Construction. Paul joined Associated Air Products, Inc. (AAP) in 1994 as a Project Manager for turnkey special projects. Paul has been involved with the estimating, procurement, shipping, erection, and start-up supervision of the complete HVAC systems on 40+ power plants worldwide. He has been involved with many projects in the Kansas City construction market. Prior to joining AAP, Paul was employed at a local Consulting Engineer firm (Black & Veatch) as a senior HVAC engineer. He has worked in the Sheet Metal, Heating and Air Conditioning trade. $0$0In July of 1998, Paul received a U.S. Patent for the design of a Vertical Storm Louver System. He was involved in the original design and development of the first vertical storm louver for the HVAC industry. In addition, Paul was involved in the development of the testing procedures for the vertical storm louver with AMCA.$0

With a degree in HVAC/R Engineering Technology from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA and a Masters Degree in Management Science from the University of Dayton in 1976 and 1979. Brian begun working for Copeland Corporation as an Application Engineer and advanced to a District Sales Manager providing technical, marketing and sales support for compressor sales to OEM manufacturers for 8 years. For another seven years following Copeland, he worked as a Regional Sales Manager for the Carlyle Compressor Division of Carrier Corporation with concentrated efforts in the supermarket and ultra low temperature markets. Following Copeland, he worked for seven years as a Regional Sales manager for the CES companies of Mammoth, Governair, Temtrol and Webco in the manufacturing of custom DX and AHU package units. Brian joined AAP in 1998, as a Senior Sales Engineer. Brian continues to serve on the Advisory Council for the four year HVAC/R School of Technology program at Ferris State University since 1986 and is a member of ASHRAE.

Leah has been a member of the AAP team since March 1996. While she was originally hired in an administrative/clerical capacity, she quickly increased her responsibilities and position to handle various accounting functions. Leah now manages all aspects of the accounting division as well as human resources. She has a B.A degree in Criminology. While often referred to as "our girl Friday," she has proven able to handle the many functions of AAP's daily operations.

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A graduate of Mid - Florida Tech in Orlando Fl, Bruce has 20 years experience in BAS, Controls and electrical systems installations and troubleshooting. Bruce has attended Niagara Technical Certification Program for Tridium Controls integration. Bruce is also certified to start up both analog and DDC Phoenix Controls systems.

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$0Paul received an Associate of Technology Degree with majors in Electrical, Electronics, and Instrumentation from Oklahoma State University, School of Technical training in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. From 1979 until 1994 Paul worked in the Tulsa office of Johnson Controls as Controls Technician, Application Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, and finally as the Operations / Installation Manager. In 1994 he was selected to establish a Branch office in Northwest Arkansas for Johnson Controls where he built a successful operation focusing on teamwork and delivery excellent customer satisfaction. Paul retired from Johnson Controls in January of 2013 and immediately started his second act with AAP as the Director of Business Development in Northwest Arkansas.$0