HVAC - Key Persons
Founder and President of Power Selling Pros, a home services company, that assists companies with enhancing their customer experience and increasing job bookings
Job Titles:
- Sales & Business Training Manager
Dave Nichols is responsible for the Sales and Business training Lennox delivers to our Dealers throughout North America. Dave began his career in HVAC in 1973 with Trane in Toronto, Canada. After leaving the industry for a time he joined Lennox in 1996. In addition, Dave has been involved in adult learning, training development and delivery for over 30 years. During his 40+ years in the HVAC industry, Dave has worked in finance as well as training and has run several Heating and Air-conditioning companies. He has experience with, in home sales and managed retail salespeople. Dave has provided support to many contractors in a consulting capacity helping them grow their business and increase profitability. Outside of the industry, Dave owned/operated a home renovation business, was President of a Professional Association, worked for a manufacturer of firefighting equipment, a paper manufacturer, customs broker, and a computer distributor.
Job Titles:
- Technical Training Manager for Lennox Residential
Doug Smiley currently serves as the Technical Training Manager for Lennox Residential. The technical team is responsible for content and curriculum development of HVAC technical training for contractors and dealers. Doug has been in the HVAC technical training world for the past 13 years. His collective HVAC career spans 21 years and includes every position from installer to service tech roles, management and leadership roles at the dealer level, and educational and training development roles for the manufacturer.
Job Titles:
- Product / Product Catalog Clearance Center
Job Titles:
- Learning Solutions Director & on AIR Podcast Host
Lennox Learning Solutions' world-class instructor-led courses have over a 96% satisfaction rating from students and include skills training, sales training, and business excellence courses. In addition, my team refreshes our flagship courses to ensure we keep up with the HVAC industry. Also, select courses are now available entirely in Spanish.
My team has developed flagship technical, sales, and business courses to help our Dealers and their team succeed in HVAC. Our talented instructors don't just coach to best practices but take our students to the next level in their careers. As a result, thousands of individuals with varying HVAC knowledge have completed a technical or sales course through Learning Solutions and become top-performing technicians or comfort advisors.
Our team believes the path to your desired business goals begins with a well-designed learning plan. Whether it's maintaining your current market status, becoming more efficient and profitable, or growing to become a dominant market leader. Learning Solutions is the exclusive partner to help Lennox dealers develop their plans forward.
Managed and owned a family-run Plumbing, HVAC, and Electrical company for more than 11 years
Demonstrated success and proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, sales development, growth prioritization, and process optimization
Cultivated and nurtured a strong company culture through training and development programs, emphasizing relationship-building and goal setting
Successfully navigated the exit transition by overseeing the business acquisition with a nationally recognized private equity group
Over 20 years of experience as an operations manager in the Home Services Industry
National speaker, trainer, and success coach specializing in the trades, empowering various organizations, business owners, and companies through classes and workshops
Experience writing HR development manuals and running management training programs