Building the Future of HVAC

About Mike

Mike has more than 35 years of experience in the HVAC Industry. He has been involved in leading edge technology with the HVAC industry for decades, beginning with Variable Speed Drives being applied to Fans and Cooling Towers for energy savings and better building control. While at EMCOR, a service based company, he pioneered the use of the Turbocor Magnetic Bearing Compressors on existing Chillers and Built up systems. In his time at Multistack, a Chiller Manufacture, he was part of the team that developed the FlexSys Control System and Flooded Chillers where reliability and energy savings were a key concern. Mike’s focus at Bluon is to develop conversion protocols for the larger and more complex HVAC units, so our community of Bluon accredited contractors has everything they need to successfully bid jobs and convert systems to Bluon TdX 20 without any problems. Mike is passionate about maximizing a system’s energy efficiency and is always looking for new ways to increase efficiency within existing equipment.

About Jed

Jed manages Bluon’s team of highly skilled technicians and is responsible for ensuring the utmost level of customer satisfaction for both Bluon’s contractor partners and end users. Jed has a BS in Mechanical Engineering with a background in manufacturing in a variety of industries that developed a thorough understanding of technical documentation and training, process improvement, and customer support. Jed is also a U.S. Army veteran with a unique skill set focused towards developing a team culture between Bluon and its contractor partners working together to provide the highest quality product and service to their customers.

About Nate

Nathan has been working in the HVAC industry for nearly 30 years, full time for the last 20 years. At age 12, he started working for his father’s company in Michigan on the weekends and in the summer. By the time he graduated high school, he was servicing and installing residential and light commercial HVAC systems, estimating jobs, scheduling work, and running commercial installation crews. He then moved to Florida where he supervised the installations of large commercial projects. Before joining Bluon, he spent 4 years as a Commissioning and Service Tech for OEMs specializing in energy efficient HVAC equipment.

About Dennis

Dennis has worked exclusively in the HVAC trade for 25 years. Dennis has literally seen it all, starting in residential, and then moving into factory service on large industrial, centrifugal, screw and reciprocating process chillers as well as refrigeration. He had his own successful contractor business for many years. Dennis has worked throughout the Southeast as well as the entire US. Being a gifted teacher, he truly enjoys helping others, working through difficult technical issues and finding resolutions. Dennis is married for 20 years with one son, and enjoys outdoors, gardening and most of all, spending time with family.

About Dave

David has been working in the HVAC field for the past 26 years as a service tech and has been licensed in NC for about 20 years as well as having his own business in the light commercial and residential field. David prides himself on his commitment to detail as well as helping others learn the many aspects of troubleshooting and problem solving. He also has various IT certifications and training which has come in handy with helping to develop the database and app that makes Bluon the best solution for technicians in the field. David has been married for 20 years and has 2 teenage children, 2 cats, and a crazy border collie that loves chasing frisbees. He is a homebody and loves spending time with his family.

About Tiffany

Tiffany is on Bluon's Core Sales team, developing partnerships and providing quality products and services to end users, contractors, and distributors. After graduating with a bachelors in HVAC Design Technology from Pennsylvania College of Technology, she has been helping customers solve HVAC issues in commercial and industrial buildings throughout the central Pennsylvania area. Her free time is spent travelling, playing with her two dogs, and racing her dune buggy with her family.

About Mark

Mark has 25 years experience in the HVAC industry, primarily in the tristate area of Maryland, Washington DC, and Virginia. Mark's knowledge ranges from small tonnage equipment to large industrial systems, centrifugals, screws, and reciprocating compressors. He has worked on the diagnostic and repair side, and on a wide range of equipment brands. Mark enjoys offshore fishing and boating in his free time.

About Joel

Joel has 16 years of experience beginning with residential/light commercial installations. After becoming certified for air conditioning repair, he started servicing and repairing residential units before moving into commercial, where he has been for the better part of the last decade. He has a BA in Organizational Leadership from California Baptist University and certifications in VFDs, boilers, BMS and much more. His primary concern in life is his wife and three children but finds time to play softball a couple times a week and golf.

About Eddie

Eddie has been working in the HVAC industry for eighteen years, where he started in construction and made his way to the service side of the industry, and also worked as an instructor for a technical college for several years. Eddie has worked with chillers, package units, Controls, VFDs, split systems, heat pumps etc throughout his career in HVAC. Eddie grew up in San Diego, California. His hobbies are fishing and spending valuable time with his family.

About David

David started his career as Dave’s Service, in Pennsylvania. Continuing to learn, and service gas and oil heating systems, a/c and heat pumps. Moving on to commercial heating and cooling and refrigeration systems. Then working with local 68 Operating Engineers in large office buildings and a sports and entertainment arena in New Jersey area until retirement in October of 2020. My wife and I now live in Phoenix Arizona.

About Danny

Bio coming soon.

About Dennis

28 years of experience in the HVAC field. Served apprenticeship in Orlando, Florida area. Involved in installation of numerous types of HVAC systems. Primary focus has been service for existing systems from ½ ton to 2000 ton. Factory technician for 11 years performing installation, start up, rebuild and service directly for manufacturer. Excited to be a part of the Bluon team, changing our industry and our world for the better! Few things I enjoy more than the open road on my Harley with the exception of spending time with four awesome grandchildren.

About James

Bio coming soon.

About Joe

Joe is a USAF veteran with 23 years in the HVAC career field. He entered the USAF in May of 1998 and retired in September of 2018. Joe’s knowledge ranges from small tonnage equipment, roof top units, large split systems, and air-cooled chillers. He currently lives in Tampa Florida and works as a Tech College HVAC instructor. Joe has two children and enjoys golf and traveling to Las Vegas to see his girlfriend. Joe also loves watching the Tampa Buccaneers and TB12 winning Super Bowls!

About Raul

Bio coming soon.

About Tanya

Tanya has over 18 years of management experience, including almost a decade in program and project management. She also serves as a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves, as a UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief and maintenance officer. Tanya is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP©) and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and is completing a minor in Project Management, in addition to her Aviation Business Administration BS from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

About Peter

As Chairman and CEO, Peter is responsible for the overall vision and business strategy of Bluon. Peter’s unique “bi-lingual” background, as a nuclear physicist who became one of the top commercial real estate deal architects in the country, gives him a truly unique perspective to fully understand both the technical and business sides of the company. He founded and spearheaded Savills Studley’s Corporate Services Group, a highly specialized team created to handle the most complex real estate transactions where they completed over $27 billion in transactions from 2000 - 2011. Subsequently, Peter co-founded Novus Via LP, a unique venture capital fund created to leverage empirically-based research focused on improving existing infrastructure with new innovative technological solutions. Bluon was Novus Via’s first investment in 2012. In 2016, Novus Via’s assets were re-structured into Bionatus, LLC as part of an asset sale transaction with Strathspey Crown Holdings, LLC. As part of the transaction, Peter became the managing member of Bionatus, LLC. Bionatus remains a capital and operating partner of Bluon. Peter took over as CEO of Bluon in July 2018 where he intends to stay to build the business over the coming years.

About Devin

Devin Whatley is a partner at the Ecosystem Integrity Fund, and leads deal structuring and negotiations, assists with the fund strategy, and is also responsible for much of the firm’s financial and operations-focused due diligence. Given his background, Devin is actively involved with the management and oversight of the Ecosystem Integrity Fund’s portfolio companies. He serves as a director on the boards of KeVita, Synova, OneEnergy Renewables, Complete Solar, and GLUKOS. He is or has been an observer on the boards of Zep Solar, Clean Fund, iVeridis, and SynchroNet.

Devin’s background is as a sustainability-focused entrepreneur, with significant experience in operations, sales, and finance. After a brief stint at his family’s award-winning mutual fund, where he worked with the investment team and institutional sales group, Devin became a partner at Aquillian Investments and subsequently at the Ecosystem Integrity Fund.

Devin is a CFA Charterholder and has an MBA from Wharton. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from UCLA’s Honors Division, where he was both an Alumni Scholar and Regents’ Scholar, earning a joint degree in Business and East Asian Studies.

About David

A career real estate professional, David has worked in the world of commercial leasing for over 30 years. David leads a team of professionals, whose sole business practice is focused on analyzing office buildings and data centers from the occupier’s / end-user’s perspective. As a result, David has developed deep connections in the commercial landlord and developer community. He has completed office leasing transactions with a multitude of landlords including; The Irvine Company, Lincoln Properties, Equity Office Properties, Douglas Emmett, LBA, Metropolitan Life, Brookfield Properties, Shorenstein, Griffin Capital among many others. In his extensive data center practice, David has negotiated with all the major wholesale providers including; Digital Realty Trust, Cyrus One, Dupont Fabros, Coresite, QTS and T5. David provides unparalleled access to the decision makers who control a majority of the commercial office and data center buildings in North America.

About Matt

Matt brings a unique background of business experience and technical expertise having worked in both commercial HVAC sales and application, and a role as a sustainability analyst for large corporate clients.

Matt’s background as a chemical engineer allows him to bridge the gap between the engineering world of innovation and the practical world of application to play an important role in corporate business development for Bluon.

About Sasha

Sasha Brown is a Principal at the Ecosystem Integrity Fund. Her responsibilities include investment due diligence, strategy development, process management, deal sourcing, and portfolio company support. She assists with system and sector analysis, firm operations, and financial structuring.

Prior to joining EIF, Sasha was a Principal at NewWorld Capital Group, where she co-led investments of more than $100M into growth-oriented companies in residential solar, diesel pollution reduction, and power electronics. In her role, she focused on origination, diligence, closing, portfolio management, board activities, and fundraising. Her deals included SolarEdge Technologies, which had a successful IPO in 2015, and Astrum Solar, which was sold to Direct Energy.

Drawing on her industry background, Sasha has developed specialized expertise with respect to residential solar, the built environment, HVAC, and environmental consulting and engineering. She also led the establishment of the firm’s institutional practices for growth investments and processes for continual improvement.

Sasha received a BS in Environmental Engineering from Yale University and holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. While at Yale, she Co-Chaired the university’s Private Equity Conference and completed a research thesis evaluating sustainability metric systems for the built environment.

About Leo

Mr. DiCaprio is a Bluon investor and board advisor.