Every year, the company I work for selects several representatives to attend the heat and AC product symposium.
About 300 heating dealerships attended this event.
It was a heating industry event that drew many companies. The event would turn into a networking event. There were different speakers chosen to be in the panel for the event. These individuals were high-achieving professionals in the market. They had acclaimed outstanding awards. We got to the event a day early and headed to our rooms. I was part of a heating repair team of 5. It was a really cold day and I was grateful for the boiler at the hotel we stayed at. The next day, we got to meet and see the panel at the symposium. They indeed were the” industry greats” with all their achievements. One panelist in particular interested me. This individual had won the HVAC tech of the year, five years consecutively. He knew he was around any type of electric heating system and would probably have put together a heater after taking it apart. I had researched him because my master’s project was centered on his work and his ability to solve problems with these systems. I later found out that he worked for the same company that had done the furnace/heater installation of the heated floors in my room at home. There was factual information that he had a hand in passing the rule to include an HVAC service plan involving replacing furnace filters for all customers novice or amateurs. After he spoke on the invention of wireless thermostats and the importance of heater maintenance, I made sure to go up to him. We chatted for a while and I couldn’t believe it.