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HVACR Leadership Awards
WELCOME TO THE ARTS CENTRE
This year the winners award presentations will be held at Australia's largest performing arts centre.
That's right CCN Live 2018 is being held at the Arts Centre in Melbourne.
This is where we will award the winners and also host a open discussion on the future of the HVACR industry.
It is an incredible venue as it is impossible not to see the Spire which has become an iconic landmark in the Melbourne skyline.
The Spire is 162 metres above street level and is topped by a 10-metre mast. The total weight of steel in the Spire and mast is 97.7 tonnes.
Winners will be announced at CCN Live 2018 to be held on October 11.
RIGHT: Once again CCN received a record number of entries.
learning and development manager. In this role she is both managing and supporting staff right across the business. As a believer in continous professional development, Stats has embraced her new role where she gets to actually develop training programs.
BUENO general manager, Line Le, is an ac- credited NABERS CBD Assessor, who has com- pleted a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) finishing in the top 5% of course gradu- ates. She first joined BUENO as a systems engi- neer and was promoted to the role of general manager in February this year.
At the tender age of 29, Le is in charge of 60 staff with 1,300 deployments in seven countries. Clearly ambitious, her colleagues describe her as a strategic thinker, tireless manager, and the em- bodiment of the type of leader the HVAC indus- try will see in the future.
MALE RISING STAR AWARD
Conserve It product support manager, Pravesh Badjoonauth, graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from
RMIT University. He joined Conserve It in 2012 and has been promoted a number of times over the years before taking on his cur- rent role in July this year. Conserve It pro- vides a wide range of products and services
“KIRBY HVACR BRANCH MANAGER, LUKE KASAPOLLI, HAS SET A NEW STANDARD FOR HIS BRANCH WHICH REFLECTS HIS HIGH LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION IN THE INDUSTRY.”
including monitoring, reporting and control- ling air conditioning and boiler plants to minimise energy consumption. Today the company has diversified into complete HVACR plant management. Since joining Conserve It Badjoonauth has continued to hone and refine his skills at a rapid pace and today is a certified global product trainer, system design advisor, commissioning spe- cialist and technical team leader.
Heatcraft branch manager, Luke Kasapolli, is renowned for his dedication and eagerness to lead his team with a degree of positivity that is infectious. He was appointed to his cur- rent role at the Gnangara branch in Western Australia in recognition if his exceptional at- titude. Kasapolli has set a new standard for his branch which reflects his high level of partici- pation in the HVACR industry. He is always running trade events, participating in road shows and ensuring every interaction with customers reflects his readiness to deliver, which is exactly what he does – deliver.
Engie Services technician Mitchell Beattie has a passion for HVACR which explains why he has such exceptional skills. His colleagues describe him as an outstanding service tech- nician who excels at chiller fault finding and fine-tuning for maximum efficiency. His idea of a big weekend is being called to Singapore Friday night to commission new Quantum wa- ter cooled chillers and by Sunday he is in Sin- gapore at a new site leak testing a damaged chiller. This is in addition to providing cus- tomers with value add-ons and energy saving tips which might explain all the praise he gets from happy clients. ✺
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