AVAILABLE 24/7 License: TACLA146C Patrick Freund ComfortAir PrimoPlumbing CALL US TODAY 210-494-1691 MAINTENANCE PLANS Toggle Menu Home » About Us » Meet The Team Meet The Team Officers and Directors Matthew Allen Freund, P.E. President/CEO – Freund Enterprises, Inc. With a BSME from The University of Texas in 1985, Matt joined EDS as an engineer in Michigan. In 1991, Matt moved back to Austin to pursue a MSME and started working for Sulzer Carbomedics. He joined CAE in 2000 to help develop the Design/Build division and was elected to be our President/CEO in 2001. mattf@freundenterprises.com Patrick Morris Freund VP, Service Sales A Texas-EX in 1990 with a BBA in marketing, Pat worked as a Business Development Manager with Frito-Lay and Ozarka Water, before moving on to C2Media. In April of 2000, Pat joined CAE to head up the marketing and is now responsible for the service sales of both Comfort-Air and Primo Plumbing. patf@freundenterprises.com Thomas Andrew Freund VP, Construction Sales The most passionate of Longhorns, Tom graduated from Texas in 1993 with a BA. Growing up, Tom has had many different responsibilities over his tenure, mostly in accounting and service. So, in 2010, it was decided to let him try his hand at Construction sales and has found his calling, being responsible for all construction estimation. tom@freundenterprises.com Operations and Management Mike Stahl Operations Director Mike joined CAE in 1991, quickly working his way up from the field to Superintendent, to Project Manager, to the leader of Construction Operations for both CAE and PPI. In addition, Mike serves as our IT Manager. mikes@freundenterprises.com Phil Little Plumbing General Manager Phil has 25 years’ experience in the plumbing trade since beginning his career shortly after graduating from Judson High School. Phil is experienced in slab and underground leaks, sewer breaks, and boilers in both commercial and residential applications. Phil received him Master Plumbing license in 2008 (#M39145) and is responsible for our plumbing service sales. plittle@primoplumbinginc.com Clint T. Wurzbach P.E. Construction General Manager Our first 3rd Generation employee, Clint graduated from Texas Tech in 2008 with a BSME. Clint joined Zachry Industrial upon graduation where he cut his teeth on large industrial projects doing planning and coordinating. Clint brings energy and technology to our construction department. He is a Construction Manager for both Comfort-Air and Primo Plumbing and a part of CAE/PPI’s award winning BBQ team, Real Smoke BBQ. clintw@freundenterprises.com Service Managers Victor F. Jendrzey Commercial HVAC Manager Hired as a service tech in 1985, Victor excelled in the technical aspects of HVAC&R repair work and worked his way into management in 1998. Victor is responsible for technical training and HVAC service for CAE. victorj@comfort-air.com Steve Lang Field Service Manager Steve earned a HVAC trade certificate from St. Phillip’s College in 1984 and began his career working in residential service and installations. After moving to Embrey, Steve continued learning his trade and was promoted to lead tech in the service department. He joined Comfort-Air in 2008 and has been a lead technician in our commercial service department. After 32 years working in the field, Steve was promoted to Residential Service Manager in 2018. stevel@comfort-air.com Justin Fuller Replacement Manager Justin has always enjoyed doing anything mechanical/technical. He built his first computer at 15 years old and re-built his first car engine at 21. Justin worked in the HVAC industry for 3 years before finding his home at Comfort-Air Eng. in 2012. Starting out as an junior mechanic, Justin asked many questions and sought out any training classes available that would better himself and his career, acquiring his NATE certification, ACCA manual d/j certification, OSHA 10, and various other certifications. Justin was promoted to Senior mechanic in 2014 and was recently promoted to Replace Manager. justinf@comfort-air.com Keith Brunner Plumbing Quality Control Hired as a service plumber in 2008, Keith came to Primo Plumbing with 17 years’ experience and has been instrumental in growing our service department over the past 3 years. Keith is still requested by our customers and sometimes works in the field, but is quickly learning that by teaching his plumbers, everyone’s life gets better. Keith earned his master license (M#40229) in January, 2012. kbrunner@primoplumbinginc.com Austin Scott HVAC Controls Manager Austin started with Comfort-Air in the replacement department in 2003. He knowledge and technical skills enabled him to move into service, where he excelled in both residential and commercial equipment. Austin then help establish the building automation division in 2008. He has Tridium AX and N4 certifications along with Carrier CS and IS certifications and was promoted to the building automation manager position in 2013. austins@comfort-air.com Estimation & Sales David Kollman General Manager With over 15 years’ experience in new home sales and HVAC replacement sales, David knows what makes a home comfortable and energy efficient. A graduate of Building Performance Institute, David manages our general operations for this department. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1992 with a BS degree davidk@comfort-air.com Jeffrey Jendrzey Commercial HVAC Sales Working part time for CAE while he was finishing school, Jeff has over 4 years’ experience in service sales and estimating. He graduated with a BBA from UTSA in 2008. jeffj@freundenterprises.com Daniel Simpson Residential HVAC Sales Hired initially as a helper in 2005, Daniel was a quick learner and took pride in his workmanship and customer service. He was promoted to a service tech in 2008, providing service maintenance and diagnostics to our residential customer base. In December of 2011, Daniel was promoted to Replacement Manager and then to our Service Operations Manager. Recently, Daniel transferred to our add-on replacement department as our residential sales consultant. daniels@comfort-air.com Commercial Accounts Managers Brad Sobotik Senior Commercial Account Manager Brad was initially hired to support service sales, but quickly showed leadership and a passion for customer service. He has now been promoted to Commercial Account Manager where he is responsible for account managing for our preferred commercial maintenance accounts and acquiring new Commercial Accounts. Brad graduated from Texas Tech University with a BS in 2009. brad@comfort-air.com Drew Scroggins Commercial Account Manager Drew Scroggins is a graduate from University of Texas at San Antonio in Finance, where he began his career at Frost bank. While in school, he worked for his father at Scroggins A/C Service doing installs and learning about the industry. After working for2 years at Frost Bank, Drew decided to get back into the HVAC industry and left Frost Bank to be an Inside Salesperson at Insco Distributing. With 7 years’ experience in the HVAC industry, Drew joined Comfort-Air Eng in January of 2016 as a commercial account manager. drews@comfort-air.com Justin Skloss Commercial Account Manager 2008 Red Raider graduate in Advertising & Marketing, Justin began his career as a Solutions Consultant at Rackspace, managing over 200 customers accounts. He then moved to Rockwater Energy Solutions where he managed a production chemical program and was nominated as a Safety Champion for upholding an excellent safety record and was awarded customer service representative of the year. Justin joined CAE/PPI in 2017 and works in our commercial maintenance department. justins@comfort-air.com Brian Houghton Commercial Inside Sales A native Hawaiian, Brian graduated from HVAC trade school in 2006 and has worked in the industry for 11 years, spending 3 of them in Afghanistan as an HVAC Foreman teaching Afghani locals how to repair, service, and operate HVAC systems. He then graduated from CTC in Criminal Justice/Criminology, but decided HVAC was his passion and moved to San Antonio to join the Comfort-Air family as the inside sales consultant. brianh@comfort-air.com Estimation - HVAC & Plumbing Gabriel Gonzalez Lead Estimator A 1st generation college graduate from UTSA in 2015 with a degree in Construction Science & Management, Gabe began his career with CAE/PPI as an intern to shadow the Operations Team on both plumbing and HVAC. With the knowledge he gained during this period, he decided to join CAE/PPI full time upon graduation and has become a major contributor in our estimating department. gabrielg@freundenterprises.com Jorge Escamilla Estimator with CAE since 1984, Jorge has had many duties throughout his tenure. Trained in architecture in 1981 from San Antonio College, Jorge has been designing and drafting HVAC systems, load calculations, submittals, operation manuals and as-built drawings for our construction department for the past 20 years. He moved into estimating in 2013, performing plumbing, duct and piping takeoffs. jorgee@freundenterprises.com Construction Managers Andres Jimenez Project Manager A UTSA graduate with a BS in Construction Science and Management, Andy joined CAE/PPI in 2014 as an intern and became full time upon graduation. Andy was the first intern for CAE/PPI and set the trend for future interns. Aside from managing projects, he is also heavily involved in BIM (Building Information Modeling). He is a Project Manager for both CAE & PPI and a part of CAE/PPI’s award winning BBQ team, Real Smoke BBQ. andresj@freundenterprises.com Abel Martinez Project Manager With over 25 years’ experience in the HVAC industry, Abel joined the Comfort-Air team in 2000 as a mechanic. Quickly showing his skills as a leader, he was promoted to lead foreman and started running major projects. Willing to take on more responsibility, he completed his 4 year plumbing apprenticeship and was promoted to superintendent in 2010. Most recently, he was promoted to Project Manager for both CAE/PPI in 2017. Abel is also pit boss for Real Smoke BBQ. abelm@freundenterprises.com Alex Bennet Safety Director A graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Alex spent 4 years as a carpenter before joining our team in 1985. Alex’s journey includes: 9 years HVAC Construction, 10 years running our sheet metal fabrication dept., 7 years Project manager for our Replacement Dept., 2 years Superintendent for HVAC/Plumbing Construction dept. and from 2014 – Present, Alex has served as our full time Safety Director. Alex is an Authorized OSHA 10 and 30 hour trainer and has a SSH (Specialist in Safety and Health) certification from The University of Texas at Arlington training institute. alexb@freundenterprises.com Repair It Book An Appointment Replace It Book An Appointment Maintain It See More Details Financing Available Click Here for More Info Service Area San Antonio • Stone Oak • Alamo Heights • Castle Hills • Terrell Hills • Olmos Park • The Dominion • Shavano Park • Timberwood Park • Garden Ridge • Boerne / Fair Oaks • Bulverde / Spring Branch Social Media We Accept Location Comfort-Air Engineering, Inc. 11403 Jones Maltsberger Rd San Antonio, TX78216 Phone: (210) 494-1691 Find Us On Google © 2021 Comfort-Air Engineering, Inc.