Clear the Air

For this episode, Seth is joined by Julie Frieswyk, Communications Director with the Sheet Metal Contractors Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity (SMCA). The two open a dialogue about best practices chapters can employ to communicate with membership, along with how to share the value of working with signatory contractors with external stakeholders. Seth and Julie also talk about how the recent visit of Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to the chapter was an example of multichannel communication. 

Seth Lennon is joined by Jen Clark (General Sheet Metal) and Brandon Patterson (Plan Group) for this episode of Clear the Air. The panel takes a moment to discuss educational opportunities available to SMACNA members and how attending these sessions has positively impacted their professional journeys. 

Seth Lennon is joined by our residential committee panel, Paul Heimann (Welsch), Tom Mascari (Mendel), and Rob Schimmelpfennig (HAVE) to talk about the customer experience. The panel talks about some techniques for bringing new customers into the fold, but also how critical a commitment to service and integrity is for maintaining those relationships. 

On the latest episode of Clear the Air, Seth is joined by Matthew Cole of Wing's Testing and Balancing and Rallin Harris of Energy Balance and Integration. The panel goes into detail about where TAB stands six years after the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the core tenets of the business, and what SMACNA contractors considering adding this service to their business model need to know before starting. 

In the latest chapter of our Emerging Leaders Series, Garrett Montrone of Western Sheet Metal talks about his sheet metal industry journey. Garrett talks about his time working in technology at Goldman Sachs and how he ended up returning to the family business, applying many of the lessons learned to the operations of Western. 

In this chapter of SMACNA’s Emerging Leaders series, Devon Madon of Madon Sheet Metal reveals her inspiring path from academia to entrepreneurship, showing how her time in a family business gave her the skills and confidence to launch her own family-run sheet metal company.

In this edition of SMACNA’s podcast series on Emerging Leaders, Ernie Menold, President of Ernest D. Menold, Inc., shares his career path in the sheet metal world. He talks with host Seth Lennon about his early role in the trade, his decision to pursue a different career path, and why he returned to sheet metal. 

Jennifer Lohr from Fisher Balancing and Gina Medel of the Penn Air Group join Seth Lennon to talk about Fire/Life Safety. The panel not only details the importance of this space in several of our critical business lines, but also talk about the importance of inspections and why there needs to be a renewed focus on enforcement. 

Cameron Page, CEO of SMACNA Silver Associate Member Clearstory Technologies, joins Seth for this episode. During the discussion, Cameron talks about how his experience as a general contractor and the challenges surrounding change orders led him to found Clearstory, and he outlines how his firm's product offerings can help SMACNA contractors navigate one of the most challenging aspects of their business. 

Megan Pope, Executive Vice President of Sheet Metal & Roofing Contractors Association of the Miami Valley, Ohio, joins Seth for this episode. Megan talks about how being an association professional is "in the family," some of the challenges and opportunities that she's discovered during her professional journey. She also provides some words of wisdom for her fellow SMACNA Chapter Executives.