Shop Talk: Meet your Austin team

Meet the team

With so many stores across Texas, we thought you’d like to meet the people behind the parts. This month we’re visiting our Austin store. Read about Kelley, John and Stan below and say hello the next time you stop in!

Stan Davis

Stan is a 24 year veteran in the HVAC industry, Starting as a service dispatcher, he worked his way through service sales, light commercial and residential Sales Manager, Territory manager, the list goes on.

Stan has been in San Antonio since 1997 mainly working on the distribution side of the business until joining HTS in 2012. He now manages the central Texas parts departments, including our Austin and San Antonio stores. With him, he brought a desire to learn, a will to win, and most importantly, the drive to take care of anything the customer may want, or need. His experiences from being on the service and distribution sides of the business push him to do it better than any competitors.

“Our Central Texas parts and aftermarket team strive on a daily basis to provide answers in a fast, and most importantly an accurate manner. We are one team, pushing daily to accomplish both personal and professional goals, exceeding the customers’ expectations in every way. We always respect the trust and faith placed in us by our customers,” says Stan.

Kelley Barrett

I am Texas born and bred – I was born in Houston, and raised in Pasadena. I went to HVAC/R Tech school in Houston and upon graduation of A/C tech school I moved to Austin.

From there, I started a new career in HVAC as a tech in the field. After spending 10 years doing service work, I left the HVAC industry to work at AT&T as a U-Verse tech for 4 years. I loved the work , but didn’t care for the long hours. It just wasn’t the right fit for me.

So, I found my way back into HVAC at Gemaire Distribution as a counter salesman. After being moved around from Temple to Killeen, I decided I wanted something a little closer to home. I applied at HTS and the rest is history!

At home, I have a wife and 2 kids, and I enjoy fishing and farming as a refuge from the busy Austin city lifestyle.

John Lopez

Well here it is in a short story. I was born in Houston and grew up in the Fort Bend County area of Sugar Land. My career in the air conditioning business began roughly in the late eighties, starting in the A/C wholesale business with companies such as Johnson Supply and Westbrook Distributing in the Houston area.

As time went on, I was searching for a job in the commercial side of the business. I was fortunate to have a few close friends that worked with Trane, where I was given the opportunity with service department as a service coordinator. Towards the end of my career with Trane, I transferred to work in the parts department.

I moved from Trane and went to TD Industries for a couple years until I left the industry. In early 2000, I took a 15 year hiatus from HVAC to explore a different career path. I have since then returned back to my roots in the industry that started my young career back in the late eighties. It has been great to get back to something that I enjoyed as a job in my younger years. HTS hired me in June 2015 to work in the parts department in Houston. By late 2015, my wife approached me with news that her job was transferring her to Austin. Wow was I was shocked with the news! I was now unsure of my future with HTS as I didn’t know if there was a possibility to relocate to Austin. I was put in touch with my future boss Stan Davis, and after we met, he gave me the opportunity to transfer to the Austin parts department.

I was very appreciative of HTS for allowing me to move and of Stan Davis’s confidence in me as an employee to second the motion on the transfer to stay with the company.

One thing to know about me: I was brought up in the old school world. I believe that when you meet someone, you look them straight in the eye with a firm hand shake and always be sincere. It really goes a long way. I will provide our customers with the best possible customer service that is within my power to take care of them – always.

My hobbies include traveling, sight-seeing and anything that has to do with the outdoors (any type of fishing, golf, etc.). I enjoy time with family and friends. Since the move from Houston, the wife and I have started to take day trip adventures to enjoy all that Austin and the surrounding towns have to offer. The move to Austin has been an life changer for us and at the same time a good thing for us.