D. Mark Boozer
Mark Boozer brings a strong technical background and demonstrated past success in mechanical equipment sales to this venture.
As the son of a Trane Sales Manager in Charlotte, North Carolina, Mark grew up spending summers and holidays touring construction sites and mechanical equipment rooms with his father. Summer jobs included work on commercial construction sites assisting with the installation of mechanical equipment and their controls. Upon graduation from South Mecklenburg High School, Mark was accepted to the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. While at Georgia Tech, Mark was a member of the Student Branch of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers and Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. Mark took every course offered in heating and air conditioning and assisted Dr. M. Kadaba in a research project regarding heating and air conditioning load calculations. In 1983, he graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree.
Upon graduation, Mark joined the Trane Company of LaCrosse, Wisconsin in their field sales force. After a six month training course he was assigned to the Field Sales Office in Greenville, South Carolina. During this period, Mark showed a gift for applied system equipment utilizing chillers, boilers, and pumps and the education and relationship sales necessary to successfully work with consulting engineers.
After three years in Greenville, Mark was employed with Boone and Boone Sales Co. of Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a member of this firm, representing Bell & Gossett, he continued to expand his abilities and knowledge with applied systems to include Hydronic and steam systems.
In 1989, Mark was employed with Heat Transfer Sales of the Carolinas in their Charlotte Sales Office. There he began to develop some basic management skills and expanded his systems knowledge.
Three years later, United Mechanical of Charlotte offered Mark an opportunity to oversee the operations of their $600,000 per year service operation. During the first eighteen months Mark held this position, the size of this operation grew to approximately $1,200,000. His responsibilities included the hiring and firing of service technicians, technical training and support, budgeting, capital expenditures, and ensuring customer satisfaction.
Mark returned to Oklahoma to Boone & Boone Sales Co. to take the leading sales role in the Oklahoma City Office. In 1997, Mark left Boone & Boone to form Hydronic Systems.
