CEO, SERVICE CHAMPIONS
WHY: Runs Brea-based firm, the largest residential service provider of heating, air conditioning and plumbing services in the western U.S., which was on run rate to finish 2021 at $500M in annual sales.
IN THE NEWS: Former COO this year took over CEO role from founder Leland Smith.
NOTABLE: Has a B.S. in Business Administration from John Carroll University, brings over 30 years of operational experience in the plumbing and HVAC industry.
QUOTABLE: “Leland gave me the best compliment ever—he said, ‘I hired myself, just better.”
