John Solomon

Experience

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  Coastal Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Inc.

  Jul 1987 - Nov 1999

  President

  President but also the licensed technical qualifier for this state certified commercial air conditioning & mechanical contracting company. Coastal Air Conditioning focused on the installation of commercial air conditioning and refrigeration systems for new construction projects including HVAC equipment, sheet metal & fiberglass duct systems, ventilation & exhaust, piping, structural steel, and system controls. Service, repair, and preventative maintenance services were also provided. My duties included administrative management, financial, and direction of technical operations. I operated this company in Miami, Florida for 12 years before relocating to Phoenix, Arizona. The company specialized in: Commercial & Industrial HVAC & Ventilation EquipmentSystem Controls (electric and pneumatic)Energy Management Sheet Metal Duct FabricationPipefitting & WeldingService, Maintenance, and Repairs. Show less

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  Facilities Management

  Nov 1999 - now

  Facilities Manager

  At this medical products, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and services company, I perform facilities management for more than eight buildings including management of building systems, facilities personnel, and facilities equipment. Company operations consist of medical consumable product sales, manufacturing, warehousing, administrative, lab operations, pharmaceutical refrigerated storage & distribution, and employs up to 400 people. My facilities management responsibilities include:Overall campus facilities management operations.Manage facility maintenance technicians and cargo operations.Customer requests, building & custodial maintenance, event set-up.Also perform as a skilled hands-on field tradesman.Equipment integration and maintenance of integral building systems.HVAC, electrical, mechanical, fire, plumbing, roofing, carpentry.Energy management controls design and aggressive implementation.Lighting upgrades including occupancy sensors, timers, and conversion to LED. Back up power systems design and management to protect critical equipment.Pharmaceutical refrigeration systems design, operations, and management.Pharmaceutical storage temperature data monitoring & recording systems.Pharmaceutical/Lab documentation including SOP, critical system work instructions, audits. Fiscal budgeting for eight facilities and personnel ($2,000,000). Capital improvement budgets.Operations reports.Safety Committee Member. Show less