Taking your Air Conditioning for Granted

This weekend, Friday to be exact, I counted on my A/C to just startup for the 12th year running… big mistake. House was open all day Friday and was 84 degrees at 6pm, balmy. Let’s just say nobody slept well that night. Left messages for HVAC repair peeps (I won’t name names) but received no responses.

So, the following photos are what any red-blooded technologist would do – tear into it and fix the damn thing. Works great now… pretty low-tech stuff.

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Co-Founder of Modern Climate. I helped start the consumer-centric advertising agency in 1998. As COO, I'm responsible for many areas including internal technology solutions, financials, human capital, legal, and supplier relationships. As CTO and an experienced technologist, I create systems and software architectures to ensure effective and innovative marketing solutions. I enjoy being continuously involved in research and development efforts ranging from how to apply advances in neuroscience and psychology to emerging technology platforms and development methodologies. Prior to Modern Climate, I was Director of Interactive Media at John Ryan, a global marketing firm, where I developed satellite-connected, interactive kiosk systems. I'm a member of the International Association of Software Architects and a Certified Scrum Master from the Scrum Alliance. I hold a bachelors degree in graphic design with a computer science minor from Bemidji State University and completed marketing and IT programs from the University of Saint Thomas.