Paul Kelly

Former Owner of Parker & Sons | Head Instructor for RAISING GOATS

Paul has 35+ years’ experience and an extensive background in the HVAC and plumbing industries and has held prominent positions in accounting and finance, sales and marketing and operations, including V.P. of Sales and Marketing and V.P. of Operations for national and regional home service companies. He has visited over 100 companies over his career, helping them grow their business and profitability.

In 2004, he bought Parker and Sons, an HVAC and plumbing company, doing business in Phoenix, AZ. Under Paul’s leadership, the company grew from $7 million in revenue a year to over $250 million. Parker & Sons is now part of a larger industry-leading group of home services companies, called the Wrench Group, where Paul also formerly served as the Southwest Region’s CEO.

Paul’s unique background and simplified approach to growing a business, has led him to be one of the most successful leaders and companies in the home services industry. His specialty is taking something complicated and reducing it down to something very simple… making it easier to implement.

He enjoys sharing his success with others, as others have done with him throughout his career.

Tommy Mello

Founder & CEO, A1 Garage Door Service

Tommy started his Garage Door company with $50K in debt and had to learn how to run his business the hard way: making all the mistakes in the book and working 80+ hours every single week.

He didn’t have anyone in the industry to look up to, so in 2017 when he reached $25M in revenue, he decided it was time to share everything he learned with other home service entrepreneurs.

Since then, he has become a best-selling author, a top 0.1% podcast host, an Inc Magazine columnist, and a keynote speaker, and his garage door company has grown to $200M with over 700 employees in 19 states.

Chad Peterman

President & CEO, Peterman Brothers

Chad Peterman is the President and CEO of Peterman Brothers. Since taking the reins in 2015, Chad’s work has been met with acclaim from within his industry and earned him national recognition.

In 1986, Chad’s father started Peterman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing in Beech Grove, IN. When Chad joined his father in 2011, the business had grown from a one-man operation to 21 employees and annual revenues of around $4 million. Today, Chad and his brother have taken their father’s business to the next level. Peterman Brothers now has over 700 employees across eight locations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN, the company is an industry leader with revenues of over $120 million dollars. The source of their success is no secret—Chad believes that in order to thrive, leaders must focus on their greatest asset: their team.

A testament to what Chad and his brother have accomplished, Peterman Brothers has been named in the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Fast 25 in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. In 2022, Chad was listed on the Top 40 Under 40 by ACHR News.

In addition to his book titled The Empowerment Project, Chad spreads his message on his popular Can’t Stop the Growth podcast.

Ken Goodrich

Chairman, Goettl Air Conditioning & Plumbing

He started by holding a flashlight for his father at ten years old. Four decades later he has acquired more than 200 companies, built and sold eight major platform businesses, and rebuilt one of the oldest names in heating and air, Goettl, into an empire. Now he hands the blueprint to the owners who come after him.

Chris Yano

Founder, RYNO Strategic Solutions

Chris is the Founder of RYNO Strategic Solutions, a leading Digital Marketing company that has focused on the home services industry since 2008. He is also the host of the popular Home Services Podcast, To The Point. Chris is an experienced business owner, investor, and philanthropist with a heart for the trades. He’s done over 500 keynotes, breakouts, and webinars on successful digital marketing best practices for home services companies during his tenure.

In 2018, Chris created a partnership with Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia, arguably one of the best social/branding companies in the world, to bring a strong social/brand approach to the home service industry.