Schully Strawn & Associates, Inc.
presently employs eleven people.
Barry C. Schully, P.E.,
president and part owner, oversees administrative duties as well as being
involved in outside sales in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas.
Prior to founding Schully Strawn &
Associates in 1992, Mr. Schully was involved in outside sales for eleven years with
Kirkwood Company, Inc. and Lavigne Associates, both of Metairie, LA. Before
that, he was employed as a consulting engineer for Guillot-Vogt Associates. He
is a 1980 graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in
the State of Louisiana.
He is a member in both the New Orleans
and Baton Rouge Chapters of ASHRAE, serving as president of the New Orleans
Chapter in 1994-1995. He is a two-time recipient of the Cary B. Gamble award
and has twice served as co-chairman of the ASHRAE Chapters’ Regional Conference.
David F. Strawn,
vice-president and part owner, also handles outside sales in the New Orleans
area as well as covering the Alexandria and Mississippi Gulf Coast territories.
Before founding Schully Strawn &
Associates in 1992, he was involved in sales of HVAC equipment and HVAC
equipment service for over eight years with Kirkwood Company, Inc. and Servidyne,
Inc. both of Metairie, LA. He is a 1984 graduate of Louisiana State University
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Mr. Strawn is a member of the New
Orleans Chapter of ASHRAE, having served as president in 1995-1996. He is also
a recipient of the Cary B. Gamble award and also has served as co-chairman of
the ASHRAE Chapters’ Regional Conference.
Thomas “Tab” Core is an
outside sales engineer and regional sales manager of the Southeast Louisiana
territory specializing in equipment sales in the Lafayette, Lake Charles, Houma
and Thibodaux.
He is a 1995 graduate of Louisiana
State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering,
and has also received a B.A. Degree in Business Administration from Southeastern
Louisiana University in 1990.
Prior to his hiring by Schully
Strawn & Associates, Tab spent four years employed by Siemens Building
Technologies and two years employed by Aggreko, Inc.
Gary S. Lewis is the
most experienced member of the Schully Strawn & Associates outside sales team,
and joined the firm in March 2000. He is a 1977 graduate of Purdue University
with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Mr. Lewis spent
eighteen years as a Senior
Sales Engineer for York International both in the Service Sales and Engineering
Systems Product Groups. Prior to that he spent three years as a Sales Engineer for MCC Powers. He is also a member of the New Orleans Chapter of ASHRAE.
Thomas E. “Buddy” Hodge,
joined our firm in January 2004 and is a product sales
specialist covering special products for the entire state of Louisiana and the
Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Buddy has
twenty-two years of experience in
the HVAC industry serving as an outside salesman and sales manager for
Premier Sales Company and Air-Side Equipment, specializing in sales of air
moving equipment, air distribution devices, and fume hood control systems. He is
a 1979 graduate of Louisiana State University with a B.A. degree in Marketing.
Buddy is a member of the New Orleans
Chapter of ASHRAE, has previously served as President of the New Orleans Chapter
and was recently a recipient of the prestigious David Levine Award.
Eric D. Cocran has been
employed by Schully Strawn & Associates, Inc. since 1994. Eric handles all
inside sales duties including takeoffs, pricing, ordering, customer service, and
technical support. Eric is a 1993 graduate of the Slidell Technical Institute
in the studies of computer systems. Prior to his employment with Schully Strawn
& Associates, he spent over seven years with Martin Marietta Aerospace at the Michoud
Assembly Facility as a lead mechanical systems technician on the Space Shuttle
External Fuel Tank Project and five years with Acme Refrigeration of Baton Rouge at
their Slidell, LA branch.
Mark Mayeaux
joined our firm in June 2005. Mark has extensive
experience in all facets of our industry,
including installation, design, and service of air
conditioning systems. Mark also has five years of
sales experience previously with Premier Sales in
New Orleans. Mark handles inside sales support
including takeoffs, pricing, ordering, customer
service, and technical support.
Marian Bergeron joined our
firm in December 2003 as full time comptroller. Marian
handles all accounting duties including accounts receivable, accounts payable,
cost analysis, salesman commission reports, cash flow analysis, and all other
matters pertaining to finances. Marian was previously employed by
Air-Side Equipment in the HVAC industry for eight years before working with Schully
Strawn.
Peggy Raschke, Aftermarket
Specialist, handles the sales and support of parts
for all of our product lines. She also
assists in other inside sales duties including
pricing and literature. Since starting with Schully Strawn & Associates in 2001, she has been
involved with many facets within the organization
including accounting, clerical, and sales support.
Andrea Lester is the inside sales support for
Schully Strawn. She joined the company in 2005.
Sabrina Carrero is the administrative assistant
for Schully Strawn. She joined the company in 2008.
