Say Hello to Bellevue!

Ben has been with Air Reps as a sales engineer since May of 2015 as an engineer and outside sales agent.

He started his education at University of Washington from 97-00 and then finished up with a BS degree in Construction Management at Central Washington University in 2001.

Ben spent the first part of his career managing large scale multi-use and condo construction projects as a General Contractor in and around the greater Seattle area.

In 2009 he changed professions to a Mechanical Sales Engineer for a local rep firm and specialized in design build and military base projects. Ben enjoys his family time with his wife Sharlene, 8 year old daughter Kiley and 1 year old twins Benjamin and Alexis. Other interests include traveling, hunting, fishing, hiking and of course am a die hard Seahawks Fan.

Billy comes to us with with extensive rep firm experience dating back to 1998 when he was located in Cleveland, Ohio.  He joined the Air Reps team in 2017 in the role of Account Executive and is passionate about creating partnerships that enhance the experience for building owners.

He has an engineering degree from Cleveland State University.   He served as a Search and Rescue Swimmer for 4 years in the U.S. Navy and then eventually transitioned into the U.S. Army where he was commissioned as a communications officer.

Billy moved to the Seattle area in 2014 while working with Daikin as the regional equipment manager for the West Coast.

Billy is married and has two sons.  The family loves basketball on all levels, AAU, High School, College or NBA.  He is currently a coach with the Issaquah Select Basketball Program.  Other hobbies include golf, coding and spending time outdoors.

Charles grew up locally on Mercer Island and graduated from The University of Northern Colorado in Greeley with a BS in Sport and Exercise Science. He spent several years working the counter at an automotive shop in Avon, Colorado and learning to ski, before taking a job in Special Education in Twin Falls, Idaho. In the spring of 2018 he moved back to the Seattle area, working at a physical therapy clinic in Redmond as an Exercise Tech. He enjoys camping, fishing, skiing, and driving RC cars and boats.

Christie has over 15 years in the HVAC industry supporting staff, management and customers at Air Reps. She’s has a wide range of experience in bid coordination, customer service, accounting, and human resources.  Recently she was promoted and is managing our Bellevue office administration and bidding coordination. Away from the office, Christie enjoys spending time with her husband, family and friends and working on home and garden projects.

Gretchen Rowe has been in the HVAC industry since 1997.  She started as a project manager with the Trane company and was hired by Air Reps in 2005. Gretchen has a Marketing background from Champlain College in Vermont.  With her creative mindset from marketing, this allows her to think outside the box, while multi-tasking & attaining financial goals for each job.

Hobbies include diving, hiking, skiing & biking.  Gretchen belongs to a local Sharp Pei Dog rescue, Team in Training Leukemia Lymphoma Society, a registered member of the Bone Marrow Donation, & belongs to her Neighborhood Community Watch.

Heath Haley has been with Air Reps as a sales engineer since May of 2005.  Heath became a partner in Air Reps, LLC in 2010 and is currently acting in both a sales and management capacity.

After receiving his BSME from the University of Texas in Austin, Heath was hired by the Trane Company.  He attended Trane’s graduate training program (GTP) in 1999 and worked as a sales engineer in the San Antonio office before transferring to Boland Trane in Washington, D.C. in 2001.  Heath focused on the consulting engineering community as well as the military/government market sector while in D.C.    Heath and his wife, Lauren (US Navy JAG), relocated in 2005 to Washington with the US Navy.  They live in Seattle with their two children, Amelia 5 and Michael 3.

James has been in the HVAC industry for 13 years, starting as an Engineering intern at Mckinstry while attending the University of Washington where he received BS in Mechanical Engineering.  James worked for Mckinstry as both a design and energy engineer, before moving to Portland to work as a consulting engineer at Glumac International.  At Glumac  James specialized in LEED certified residential high-rise design which utilized ground loops, green roof, radiant heating/cooling and other cutting edge technology.  In search of a new challenge, James left the design community for a sales Job as a Carrier commercial sales engineer before coming back to Seattle to work with Air Reps.

James lives on Tiger Mountain with his wife Brianna, sons Aidan and Lochlan, daughter Genevieve and their St Bernards Seamus and Rhona.

Janel Farwell is the Bellevue Project Coordinator Manager.  She first started out in the HVAC industry as an Accountant and Customer Service Specialist at Alerton Technologies.  She was hired by Air Reps in March 2006, and supports the Account Executives and customers.

Janel graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Business and Administration in Accounting.  She currently lives in Renton, WA with her husband Darren and two sons.  Some of her hobbies include kickboxing, hiking and backpacking, traveling, skiing and spending time with her family.

Josh More works in our warranty department and is a licensed Journeyman electrician and an ABB factory-certified HVAC drives trainer and technician. He specializes in the startup and repair of ABB’s line of HVAC VFDs, as well as having extensive experience with multiple other AC drive models and manufacturers.  Previous to coming to work for Air Reps, Josh worked for an electrical contractor where he gained experience in general electrical installations and industrial controls troubleshooting. In addition, he also worked on the design and assembly of multiple UL-508 certified control panels.

Prior to that, he graduated at the top of his class in 2005 from Clover Park Technical College with an Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance.  In his free time, Josh enjoys riding his motorcycle (when Washington weather permits), target shooting, and tinkering with hi-fi audio equipment. Josh and his wife Chelsea live in Poulsbo, they welcomed their first child into the family in the Spring of 2012 and are due with their second child Fall of 2014.

Ken Horsfall has over 30 years of experience in the commercial HVAC industry. Ken brings a wealth of knowledge to our organization including the design of custom applied equipment, refrigerant piping and large central plant optimization and retrofit. Ken graduated with an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington and is a member of Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society. Ken is a member of ASHRAE and is an active participant in the Seattle Energy Code process. In addition, Ken coordinates Air Reps’ technical development training programs for our engineering customers. Ken’s hobbies include fitness, wine, golf and travel. Ken currently lives in Redmond with his wife Barbara and has two daughters, Sarah (25) a practicing speech pathologist and Rachel (19) a freshman at Whitman College in Walla Walla.

Ken Owens has been an HVAC manufacturer rep for over 7 years. Starting in estimating and support Ken has recently been promoted to outside sales.  With his experience and customer service skills he has the tools to take a project from design to warranty and beyond.  Active member  in SMACNA Ken is a great resource to all contractors and engineers.  Ken and his wife Pamela live in Kennydale and had their first son Elway Owens the summer of 2012 and welcomed their second son Elijah in 2015.

Ken graduated in Agricultural Engineering from Washington State University in 1981.  He started his HVAC career in the California Bay Area working for Carrier selling centrifugal chillers and air handlers.

He moved back to Washington and went to work for Johnson-Barrow where he called on McKinstry selling Pace on a design build basis.  He started Porter Air 1990 and sold it in 1994.

Following that up, he worked in distribution for 8 years as a Sales and Regional manager before coming to Washington Air Reps.  He then left Washington Air Reps to do his second tour of duty in distribution, which lead him to go to work for Daikin VRV as a Commercial Sales Manager in 5 states where the newly formed Air Reps was one of his customers.

He came back to Air Reps as Sales Manager in February of 2015.    Ken’s married and has 5 children and 12 grandchildren.  He loves spending time with family and friends.  Favorite pastime is being on the golf course.

Mark has been in the mechanical design and construction industry for seventeen years. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington (1995), he began his career at a local design/build mechanical firm as a design engineer. For the last twelve years, Mark has been focused on technical systems sales and business development. He is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and active in the Seattle area’s development, engineering, and building communities.  He and his wife Shari live in Bellevue with their two daughters, Kaitlin and Anna.

Mark has come to us with over 26 years in the Commercial and Residential HVAC Service industry. He was born and raised in the Puget sound area. Mark has held many different hats with in the HVAC industry Service, maintenance and installations  working his way up to becoming a trainer and service manager. He made a career move in 2004  to become a Factory Service Manager for the York/Johnson Controls group for many years.

Mark’s duties with in Airreps is to bring his knowledge and skills along with his humor to help build our Daikin VRV business in any ways he can. Including training, tech support, job site walks and factory Start-up Commissioning of the VRV Systems.

Hobbies are motocross, hunting, travel and working too much!

Matt has been serving the commercial HVAC industry for over 17 years. Matt graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a concentration in HVAC and Petroleum/Fluid Engineering. Matt attended the Trane Company training class 95-II and worked for Carrier Corporation in Los Angeles. Matt has brought a complete system viewpoint  and approach during his 11 years at Air Reps. In addition to work, Matt enjoys exotic travel, scuba diving, golf, kayaking, and hiking with his four dogs.

Matt is a Professional Engineer who has been in the mechanical design and construction industry for 18 years.  After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering he began his career with a local consulting engineering company.  Matt then moved to a major design-build mechanical contractor where he worked in both engineering and sales / preconstruction.  This background gives him a unique perspective on all the projects he works on.  His goal is to apply his product knowledge and strong systems background to assure high quality, cost effective solutions.

Michael has been with Air Reps for 18 years and in the HVAC industry for over 25 years.   Michael has degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business from Washington State University and is a licensed Mechanical Engineer.  He has worked with both the consulting engineering firms and design build contractors throughout the Pacific Northwest.  In 2012 he became the President and CEO.

He enjoys golf, scuba diving, snow skiing and hiking.

Mike recently joined Air Reps as a sales engineer, coming to us from his management role with Johnson Controls which covers the past 7 years of his 27 in HVAC.

During these years, Mike as had the opportunity to work with various control systems, unitary equipment, VAV systems, and mini-splits/VRV. His responsibilities also included Contractor Sales, Engineer Calls, and training on various topics specifically related to HVAC in conjunction with regional management roles.>

Academically, Mike’s college and university training has been at Seattle University.

On the personal front, he is married to Jill and they have 3 sons. Much of his free time has been devoted to them and a wide variety of their sports activities. Mike is a Sunday school teacher and has also made four mission trips to the country of Chile.

Rachel has been Air Reps Administrative Assistant since June 2012.  She has over 20 years experience in customer service/administrative experience.

Rachel lives in Auburn and enjoys going to concerts, camping, traveling, and enjoying her family and friends whenever she can.

Ron joined the Air Reps team in May 2013 as the company Controller.  A graduate of Central Washington University with a BS in Accounting, Ron finished school while working for a local bank.  He then spent 24 years gaining accounting experience in the construction/manufacturing industry.

He and his wife Janice have been married since 1983, are raising 4 sons and enjoy wine tasting trips and RV-ing.  Of course with a house full of boys Ron volunteers as a coach for the youth football & baseball programs.  He estimates coaching over 40 teams (and counting).  He is also a proud member of the Knights of Columbus.

Tim has been with Air Reps as a sales engineer since May of 2015.  His role at Air Reps is outside sales and engineering.

After receiving his BSIE from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Tim was hired by the Trane Company.  He attended Trane’s graduate training program (GTP) in 1999 and worked as a sales engineer in the San Francisco office until moving back to the Seattle area in 2005 where he has continued to be an HVAC sales representative.  Tim lives in Bellevue with his wife, Chrissy, and two children Madison (age 8) and Hunter (age 5).

Tim enjoys hunting, fishing, golf, softball and the Seahawks.  GO HAWKS!

Whitney has been with Air Reps as an account executive since 2011.  She started in the HVAC industry in 2003 after graduating from the University of Washington with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

Before joining Air Reps, Whitney was a Senior Sales Engineer with ATS Automation, a leading controls company providing advanced HVAC building automation systems.  During her 8+ years at ATS, she focused on Military and Health Care design and DDC controls installations and retrofits.

Whitney and her husband live on their horse farm with their 2 young boys.  She enjoys competing hunter and jumper show horses, snowboarding, running, and boating.