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Meet The Team
Parts
Marlene Lanham
Outside Parts Associate
Marlene Lanham works out of the Lexington office as an outside parts associate. She offers a variety of parts and replacement HVAC equipment to facilities and customers.
Frank Griffith
Outside Parts Associate
Frank Griffith works out of the Louisville office as an outside parts associate primarily with equipment servicing contractors.
Chris Gribbins
Inside Parts Sales
Chris Gribbins joined our team in 2020, works out of the Lexington office, and manages daily activities in the parts warehouse to maintain customer support.
Al Burgess
Inside Parts Sales
Al Burgess joined our team in 2020, works out of the Lexington office, and manages daily activities in the parts warehouse to maintain customer support.
Sales - Lexington
Chris Tyler
CEO
Chris Tyler is CEO of TES, an active member of the community and serves on the High Performance Buildings Advisory Committee, FCPS Sustainability Council and the KY School Plant Management Association.
Tom Erpenbeck, PE
Executive Vice President - Operations
Tom Erpenbeck is an outside sales engineer for the Lexington territory, and works with consulting engineers to assist in the HVAC design process.
Jay McKinney
Vice President - Lexington Sales
Jay McKinney is VP of TES and Sales Team Leader at the Lexington location. He works with consulting engineers to assist in the HVAC design process.
Kenny Shifflet
Technical Sales Support Manager
Kenny Shifflet serves the Lexington sales team by providing support to installing contractors and provides Daikin training to customers and staff.
Mike Quigley, PE
Outside Sales Engineer
Mike Quigley in an outside sales engineer for the Lexington territory, and works with consulting engineers to assist in the HVAC design process.
Rodney Sproul
Outside Sales Engineer
Rodney Sproul is an outside sales representative for the Lexington territory. He works directly with the customers throughout the bidding process, while managing projects.
Jim Stamper
Inside Sales Associate
Jim Stamper in an inside salesperson for the Lexington office. He works with outside sales team to create contract and manage projects as to which services are needed.
Joshua Rice, PE
Inside Sales Engineer
Joshua Rice is an inside sales representative for the Lexington territory. He works with outside sales team and HVAC clients to provide assistance throughout the bidding process, while managing projects.
JB Bryant
Inside Sales Engineer
WaiLam Chan, PhD
Inside Sales Engineer
Becky Helton
Sales Warranty Administrator
Becky Helton joined the sales team in 2020 and works at all TES locations. She will be addressing and completing all warranty issues that arise.
Patrick Moore
Technical Sales Support
Kara Earlywine
Office Administrator
Sales - Louisville
Mike Kerpestein
Outside Sales Engineer
Mike Kerpestein is an outside sales engineer for the Louisville territory preparing bids and assisting customers with their HVAC needs.
Allen Thomasson
Vice President - Louisville Sales
Allen Thomasson is the sales team leader in the Louisville territory and oversees the daily operations and projects.
Charles Haskins
Outside Sales Engineer
Charles Haskins is an outside sales engineer for the Louisville territory responsible for maintaining relationships with HVAC customers. He also proudly serves on the KY Society of Healthcare Engineers Board of Directors as a vendor representative.
Barret Adams
Inside Sales Engineer
Barret Adams is a mechanical engineer graduate based out of the Louisville office.
Paul Mattingly III
Inside Sales Engineer
Paul is an inside sales representative for the Louisville territory. He works directly with the outside sales team and customers throughout the bidding process, while managing projects.
Lydia Armor
Administrative Assistant
Lydia is the administrative assistant for the Louisville sales office that provides support to customers and staff.
Joe Ledford
Business Development
Sales - Paducah
John Puryear
Vice President - Paducah Sales
John Puryear is Vice President of TES and serves as an outside sales engineer for the Paducah territory. He runs the daily operations in the Paducah office working directly with clients.
Jodie Beadles
Inside Sales Engineer
Jodie Beadles is an inside sales engineer for the Paducah territory. He works with HVAC clients in all aspects of the bidding process and managing projects.
Mendy Hook
Administrative Assistant
Mendy Hook is the administrative assistant for the Paducah sales office and provides support to customers and staff.
Sales - Evansville
Accounting
Molly Gladdis
Chief Financial Officer
Brittany Wright
Staff Accountant
Brittany Combs serves as the staff accountant for Sales and A/P for Controls.