Barron Heating promotes 3 to executive support team

Barron Heating AC Electrical & Plumbing recently promoted three team members to its executive support team.

Patrick Harrington now is Barron’s chief financial officer after several years in the accounting department. Harrington has nearly two decades of management and corporate accounting experience.

Merrill Bevan is Barron’s new director of sales and marketing after joining the company last year as sales manager. Bevan joined Barron with more than 20 years of experience in equipment sales and management.

Former Air Solutions manager Michael Takemura is now Barron’s director of business development. With a strong background in science and business, Takemura has been instrumental in the continuing development of the company’s Air Solutions and Solar by Barron divisions.

These new members of Barron’s executive support team join COO Brad Barron; Raksha Rughani, the company’s human resources manager who has been at Barron for more than 20 years; Linda Nordstrom, administrative supervisor; and Debbie Gwaltney, executive assistant and customer experience manager.

With these personnel promotions in place, owner and CEO John Barron feels confident about the future of the company his father founded in 1972.

“I work with the best people in the world, and sometimes I just have to pinch myself when I come to work,” Barron said. “I see everybody rally together and accomplish things that improve the lives of the customers we serve across five counties.”

Committed to improving lives through its Air Solutions team and Certified Home Performance Experts, Barron provides a wide range of heating, cooling, solar, electrical, plumbing and indoor air quality products and services, as well as a large selection of stoves, fireplaces and hot tubs in its Firelight by Barron showrooms.

Barron Heating has become one of Northwest Washington’s largest and most respected home performance experts with locations in Burlington, Marysville and Ferndale. Approximately 150 employees serve customers in Skagit, Island, San Juan, Snohomish and Whatcom counties. Its Burlington location is at 560 S. Burlington Blvd., just north of Highway 20. For information, call (360) 424-4962 or visit www.barronheating.com.