John is the 4th generation Anderson to be in the trades. He took a little detour to get there. John spent his 20's in various desert climates as a USMC Infantry Squad Leader. Afterwards, he attended HVAC School. When interviewing to become an entry level tech, he was offered a position in equipment sales. He did that, successfully, for almost 6 years. Knowing that his heart was on the technical side, John took a significant pay cut to finally become an entry level tech with a different company. After about 2 years in the field, he was promoted to Service Manager. He was able to build his entire Service Department from scratch following the COVID shutdown. This required a lot of training for his team. Teaching others became his passion. In his 5th year as a Service Manager, John met Eddie McFarlane who asked if he would like to become the first full time trainer for Sila Services. His first task was to build an entry level HVAC training program. He wrote the curriculum for and led what is now known as The LiveFire Academy. Sila now has three, going on four, Regional Training Centers across the US with dedicated trainers so they can simultaneously run LiveFire academy courses twice a year, for a potential 160 net new HVAC technicians per year! In between courses, as the Senior Regional Training Instructor for all of Sila Services, John travels around to their 50+ companies to give training and support.Retry