How Stevens Equipment Supply Buil...

How Stevens Equipment Supply Built a $70 Million HVAC Business | Ryan Van Tassell

Accelerated HVAC Success Podcast by HVAC Learning Campus
Aug 6, 2026
29:37

Episode notes

Ryan Van Tassell, Vice President of the West Division for Stevens Equipment Supply, shares how Stevens expanded from zero customers to a $70 million HVAC distribution business in just a few years.

Ryan discusses leadership, private equity, inverter technology, customer experience, contractor growth, and why businesses that refuse to evolve risk getting left behind.

Hosted by Ben Middleton.

Topics include:

• Building a distribution business from the ground up

• Private equity's impact on HVAC

• Why inverter technology is changing the industry

• Customer-first leadership

• Growing contractors through training

• The future of HVAC distribution

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