The Brownson Team

Joe started his HVAC career in the military as a member of the Army Corps of Engineers back in the 70’s and has now been teaching as well for over 30 years! Brownson invited him to join the team and now he loves teaching Controls and seeing his students accomplish more than they thought they could because of his wonderful ability to teach difficult subject matter.When he’s not making sure his students know everything, Joe engages his eye for detail in his second passion: photography. As well as being an HVAC master, Joe is a professional wedding photographer and loves landscape photography—especially night desert photography in Death Valley.

In 1971, as a junior in high school, Bob began working for his best friend’s father’s company that did custom sheet metal and A/C work. It is there that he realized that there was something to the HVAC trade that made him want to learn all about sheet metal fabrication and heating/air conditioning. Since suffering a back injury, he has made the most of his last six years in the classroom; giving back to the industry by training up those who will replace him in the field. His goal is to see the younger generation preparing for a life-long career where they can support their families.Bob’s favorite class to teach is Home Performance; using a whole-house to teach energy efficiency—cleaner, quieter, healthier, more efficient homes! His second-favorite moment is when a student gets it and has an “a-ha!” moment. Even better, his favorite moment is when those same students graduate.

Shane’s father was a G.E. Appliance Technician, and just two days shy of his 18th birthday, Shane strapped on the proverbial work belt and followed in dad’s footsteps. In 1994, Shane enrolled in Brownson to start making a real mark in the industry and then right on January 1st, 2010, Brownson brought him right back to start teaching students of his own.His real-world work techniques are consistently praised and he loves teaching everything about heating, heat pumps, DRG Units and even the proper etiquette technicians need to know when working in the field.When not solving HVAC issues or teaching his students, Shane loves to work on his model aircrafts – lots of detail there!

In the late 1990’s, Scott ended up fixing all of the heating and A/C electrical at work. His boss said “You’re a natural! You should get your EPA and A/C certification!” then helped Scott find a good school. You guessed it; Brownson!As with other instructors at Brownson, when the opportunity came up to give back, he jumped on it. Now that Scott has been teaching at Brownson since the middle of 2015 he has learned that his favorite is helping his students build confidence that goes beyond their HVAC career. Students find Scott very friendly, open-minded and young at heart and will often call him back once out in the field, thanking him for his guidance.When he’s not patiently training students on effective troubleshooting or maximizing efficiency, you can find Scott fishing, playing fantasy football or rescuing local animals.

Back around 1998, Ken realized he needed some hands-on technical skills if he was going to be serious about his HVAC career. It may not come as a surprise that Ken is also a proud Brownson graduate! Now that he has been with Brownson since 2013, Principles of Refrigeration Systems is his favorite subject to teach. And when he’s done, nothing beats seeing his students graduate and get a great-paying job.

John has been in the industry since 2012 and was so good at what he was doing, Brownson snapped him up and he’s now been teaching eager students for almost 4 and a half years! Among all the modules, John loves developing the electrical curriculum – he really does love all things electrical!When he’s not being a great role model for kids, John is busy with woodworking, the Chargers (football!), spending time as a movie buff and tinkering with everything around his house.

Randy comes to Brownson from the heavy collision industry with 14 years in the industrial combustion field and 17 years in the automotive field which included AC. While Randy has been with Brownson now for 5 years, he got his teaching start at Cypress College. We are glad to have him with us now! Randy is most complimented on his attention to detail which really shows in his favorite class: the refrigeration cycle. When not teaching, he absolutely loves to bowl, and when not doing that, cheers on the Rams!

Randall has 43 years of experience under his belt, 35 of which were spent running his own business! In 2014 he decided it was time to give back and thanks to a mutual friend, Randall was soon touring the facility with Mr. Brown and knew he needed to be a part of everything they were building. Commercial refrigeration is the class he loves to teach – and if he were to tell you the truth, he really enjoys teaching metal fabrication and is teasingly persistent to try and get that into the Brownson curriculum. Randall says he enjoys his job almost as much as he does fishing and woodworking! Part of what makes working at Brownson so great is when he has students take the time to return and tell him just how much of a difference he has made for them.