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Erik Haffner

Erik Haffner

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President - Warehouse Sales at Zone Mechanical, LLC

  • Education

    • Southern Polytechnic State University

      1987 - 1990
      Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Technology Mechanical Engineering

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2000 - 2002
      Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Thermal system design

    • University of West Georgia

      2016 - 2017
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Business Administration and Management, General 3.875

      We completed the this team based MBA in July and I would thank my team mates Steven Kyle Sutter, Ajdin Kahric, Travis Smith and my wife Michelle. Michelle was crazy enough to do the program with me and the guys rounded out the team making it possible for all of us to get this done. I am already applying what we learned and hope the others will also be successful in applying this hard won knowledge.

  • Experience

    • Hussmann

      Sept 1996 - Sept 2003

      Responsible for the configuration and programming of the Baan MRP system from startup through implementation. Created the generic bill of material and order entry interface to generate customized bills of material for rack systems, conventional units, Protocol and Port-A-Paks. Engineered and assembled production material bills for custom rack systems. Coordinated the required changes to the application manuals and legends to match the new system.

      • Sr. Configuration Engineer

        Apr 2000 - Sept 2003

      • Application Engineer

        Sept 1996 - Apr 2000

    • Zero Zone

      Sept 2003 - Nov 2005
      Engineering Manager

      Engineered, priced and supported production of custom commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. Streamlined generation of production paperwork for repetitive projects to transfer work load from engineers to technicians and reduce overall engineering time by seventy five percent. Provided insight and engineering design to patented oil management system.

    • Hillphoenix

      Dec 2005 - Jan 2014
      Senior Inside Sales Engineer

      Senior engineering position was created to specialize and be the expert in the application, design, evaluation and pricing of booster, cascade and custom CO2 systems.

    • Hussmann

      Feb 2014 - Sept 2020

      Lead the product development and manage the life cycle of refrigeration systems and Krack products. Provided applications and quotations for a variety of customers and applications. Work with commercial and industrial customers has prompted a transfer to non traditional refrigeration group. Will provide support and quotations for larger commercial and other specialized projects beginning in January 2016.

      • Product Manager - Refrigeration Systems & Krack

        Jun 2016 - Sept 2020

      • Application Engineer NTR

        Feb 2014 - Jun 2016

    • Zone Mechanical, LLC

      Sept 2020 - now
      Vice President - Warehouse Sales

      My new role is Vice President of Warehouse Sales at Zone Mechanical, LLC where my experience will enhance their engineering and refrigeration equipment knowledge. Paired with Zone’s experience installing HFC and CO2 systems, we have a full menu of options up to a full turn key refrigeration installation for your refrigerated warehouse. I am very excited to provide some more focus on the refrigerated warehouse part of Zone’s business and work with some new customers on their projects!

  • Licenses & Certifications