The company was presented with a Forbes Top 25 Small Business Award, and named a 2022 Certified Great Place to Work.
HILLSBORO, OH, June 29, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nathan D. Shafer has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Shafer is the owner and president of Shafer Heating & Cooling, LLC, an HVAC contracting company serving clients in Hillsboro, Ohio and surrounding areas since 1985. A three-generation family business established by his father and grandfather, Shafer Heating & Cooling, LLC has developed a reputation for excellence and integrity in residential heating and cooling service and installation for nearly four decades. Mr. Shafer grew up watching his father manage the business. He also accompanied him to job sites and then began training and assisting on HVAC service at a young age. After completing college in 2010, he began working at the company full time, immersed in all aspects of the business, from sales and service to marketing and operations management. At the end of 2022, he purchased the business from his father and mother upon their retirement.
As company owner, Mr. Shafer is responsible for overseeing all daily operations, including staffing, planning, and managing long-term growth to ensure the company's continued success. Although he is no longer out in the field, he now focuses his time on his own continued training/coaching so that he can pass this knowledge onto his team. He also focuses on the future so that their customers continue to experience the WOW service that Shafer Heating & Cooling, LLC is proud to provide each and every time. He considers his team members to be the core of the business and emphasizes the importance of recruiting technicians and administrative staff who support each other, the company, and its clients. Under his leadership, Shafer Heating & Cooling, LLC, has grown exponentially, rising from a team of seven members and an annual revenue of $1.6 million to a team of 30 and an annual revenue of $6.3 million in under three years. The company was presented with a Forbes Top 25 Small Business Award, named a 2022 Certified Great Place to Work, and was included on Inc. 5000 Magazine's 2022 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies.
Mr. Shafer credits his success to his positive attitude, growth mindset, and willingness to adapt to change. These are all traits that his parents and grandparents instilled in him from a very young age, for which he is forever grateful. He also credits his personal and business coaches and mentors as well as his church family, all of whom have been by his side throughout his life. He said, "You can go so much further in life and get so much more out of life if you have the right people around you. They constantly push you to be your best." Mr. Shafer is committed to investing in himself and his team and considers discipline and a focus on long-term goals to be key to success as a leader and an entrepreneur. He looks forward to continuing to grow the business at the same rate of expansion that it has undergone in the past several years and hopes to eventually serve clients in other regions. Mr. Shafer holds an associate's degree in business from Iowa Central Community College.
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