The Cooling Towers, LLC Approach
Cooling Towers, LLC is a leading provider of field erected and factory assembled industrial cooling towers and the maintenance and repairs required to keep cooling towers in optimum operating condition.
Our company was founded on the principles of integrity, safety, quality, and value. These principles are the driving force behind the commitment we make to our customers. We constantly strive to provide the highest quality industrial cooling towers and service at prices that are truly fair and reasonable. We pride ourselves on consistency of action on the largest construction, upgrade, repair, or maintenance projects, to the smallest projects and components we offer. Our objective is to deliver maximum value to our clients by operating safely while providing the most competitive rates accompanied by a quality of workmanship that is unsurpassed by the industry.
Our organization has vast experience providing a comprehensive offering of products and services to cooling tower owners and operators across the continental United States. Our team has a diverse skill set to meet the unique demands of each owner/operator and prevail over the unique challenges they may face.
We provide industrial cooling towers for a wide range of applications and differentiation in the towers for every owner regarding the type, size, shape, and design of their cooling tower. Our objective is to identify the specific needs of each owner/operator and partner with them to create a plan that will ensure the reliability and longevity of the equipment. Depending on the variable conditions and dynamic needs this plan can include a variety of products or services.
We are proud to partner with our clients in all industries and business units to plan and fulfill all their cooling tower needs.
Our Core Beliefs
SAFETY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE AT ALL TIMES
Perform the services our customers need, always with integrity.
Perform the services our customers need, always with integrity.
Deliver the best quality to our customers; every time.
The Cooling Towers, LLC Team
Our management team has over 100 years combined experience in the industrial cooling tower business and our crews are the most competent and qualified in the industry. For all phases of cooling tower construction, repair, maintenance, or performance upgrades, Cooling Towers, LLC truly is the one source for all your cooling tower needs.
Shawn Daniel
CEO/President
Shawn Daniel, the founder of Cooling Towers LLC, has been a leader in the cooling tower industry since 2004. He has spent 28 years in construction with 23 of those years involved in industrial construction. In 2004, he independently established an organization based on the characteristics that defined his career, integrity and fairness. Shawn is hands-on and is involved in every aspect of Cooling Towers LLC from engineering, estimating, finance, to project management. Overseeing the operation and growth of the company allows him the opportunity to challenge employees and nurture their success and growth. With a vision to build Cooling Towers LLC into an industry leader, he maintains strict safety standards to keep workers safe and creates business relationships with customer-based integrity, consistency and fairness. He is a man of integrity and has built this successful and growing establishment as a reflection of his image.
Shawn refuses to compromise his high standards of workmanship for the “quick fix”. We will only provide service and repairs necessary to ensure the cooling tower can maintain structural integrity, thermal efficiency, and prolonged service life.
John Stewart
Vice President/Sales Manager
John Stewart is the Vice President and Sales Manager at Cooling Towers LLC. His responsibilities include overseeing marketing programs, branch management, and corporate contracts. Prior to joining Cooling Towers LLC John worked in the construction industry; now having been in the cooling tower industry for 15 years. John began his career as Laborer and worked his way to upper management. His skill and knowledge of cooling towers has been a great asset to us by assisting the growth of our customer base existentially. John’s greatest strengths are his creativity, drive, and leadership. He thrives on challenges, particularly those that expand the company’s reach. We are proud to have him on our team.
Shane Small
Chief Financial Officer, MBA, CTP
Shane Small is a Financial Professional with great experience serving the petrochemical and refining industry. As Controller, he is responsible for managing the financial strategy and operations. Shane is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) that holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting from Texas State University and an MBA from Sam Houston State University. He strongly values great relationships with suppliers and customers to add value to the industry.
Trent Tullos
Procurement
Trent Tullos oversees Procurement here. His responsibilities include purchasing any material or equipment needed to meet our customer’s needs. Working closely with our vendors and field employees to ensure that we are providing a quality product that exceeds our customer’s expectations. Prior to joining our team in April of 2018, Trent has 3 years of public accounting experience with a focus on construction and oil & gas clients.
Don DenBleyker
Project Engineer
Having earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University in 1994, Don has worked in the construction industry since then; joining the cooling tower industry in 1997. Don joined Cooling Towers LLC in 2007 as a Project Engineer and oversees the estimating and procurement department, as well as all engineering analysis and projects. His responsibilities include providing all technical drawings, thermal performance analysis and is the main point of contact for all external engineering work, technical products, and components. While at Cooling Towers LLC Don has established internal systems and processes that allow Cooling Towers LLC to estimate, design, procure material, and execute a wide variety of cooling tower projects with a consistent attention to detail. Don’s technical training combined with his extensive experience in the cooling tower industry makes him an immeasurable asset to the Cooling Towers LLC management team.
Gerardo Gomez
Sales
Gerardo Gomez is one of our sales team members. Having been in the industry since 2005, Gerardo has extensive experience with cooling towers. He is responsible for the sales and execution of projects including maintenance, repairs, modifications and replacement parts of industrial erected cooling systems. In addition, Gerardo is responsible for project safety, quality planning, execution of field change orders and on time delivery of services. Gerardo has been a huge asset to our company, as well as to our customers, and we are proud to have him on our team.
Tommy Trahan
Construction Manager
Tommy Trahan joined us in 2008. He has over 33 years of skilled experience in the business. Tommy started off as a cooling tower hand in 1984 and has continuously worked his way up through every position in the industry. His reputation for hard work and commitment to the customers have exceeded all expectations. He is responsible for the planning and management all of our projects. In addition, he estimates jobs and oversees and schedules the crews. Tommy has been a huge asset to us, as well as to our customers, and we are proud to have him on our team.
David Clayton
Construction Manager
David started his career in industrial construction in 1994, working on major grassroots projects where he was mentored by some of the best in the field. He quickly moved up the ranks and transitioned into Turnarounds, where he continued to thrive and moved into management at one of the industry's largest Turnaround companies.
David has always focused on learning and growing, leading many major turnarounds and capital projects of over $25 million budget. He specializes in team building, contract negotiations, cost reconciliation, and contractor accountability. His skillset and dedication to excellence and accountability will help lead Cooling Towers LLC into our next phase of expansion.
David has a passion for helping others excel and accepts all challenges with the mantra, "Never turn down an opportunity for growth." He will seek ways to improve performance while expanding the company's reach and always welcomes a challenge.
When David isn't at work, he loves spending time with his family, hunting, BBQing, and anything outdoors. David was born and raised in the greater Houston area.
Mark Erdmann
Technical Solutions Manager / Sales
Mark joined Cooling Towers, LLC. July of 2023 and brings over 15 years of experience in the cooling tower industry. During his career he has fostered strong relationships with leading suppliers that enable him to help stay current with industry technology so he can help drive solutions to our clients projects. He is responsible for the sales and execution of projects including maintenance, repairs, modifications and replacement parts of industrial field erected and air-cooled condenser cooling systems.
Mark has extensive experience in performing supplier shop audits for quality control both domestically and internationally. Marks responsible for working with new clients to help them understand the current state of their cooling systems, provide analysis for potential process improvements, structural improvements, reliability improvements, technical scope of work development, current safety standards, construction execution strategies to bring their cooling systems to current codes and standards. He has learned from industry experts in the cooling tower industry as well as SME’S from the power generation, refinning, petrochemical industries. Mark attends various industry conferences to understand current industry trends that help Cooling Towers LLC align our clients’ current best practices as well as future emerging technologies. Throughout his career, mark has helped decisions makers develop projects to bring their cooling tower systems up to current codes, increase cooling system’s efficiencies helping reduce operating costs, renewing the service life of the cooling system.
He believes in providing a consultative approach to help our clients understand why their cooling tower is having issues, identify possible solutions that work with our clients expectations while working with our team of professionals to deliver reasonable solutions to complex problems.
PROVEN TRACK RECORD
We have a reputation of excellence, reliability and superior customer service. We would like to demonstrate to you that true quality workmanship is second nature to our crews and management team. We look forward to servicing your needs!
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