NAVAC, a world-leading supplier of HVAC vacuum pumps in addition to a wide array of tools, gauges, charging machines, recovery units, and other industry-specific items, has hired Luis Ochoa as regional sales manager of its newly created eastern region division. In this position, Ochoa will spearhead sales efforts and play a key role in expanding the company’s North American customer base. He also will manage relationships with NAVAC’s distribution channels and oversee the company’s broad representative network to ensure proper tools use and training.

Ochoa will primarily be responsible for achieving sales and training goals in the Eastern Regions of the US and Canada. He brings more than 25 years of sales and service management experience to his position with NAVAC. Most recently, Ochoa spent two years as general manager for United Products Distributors. Before that, he served as senior regional sales manager for LG Electronics.

“Luis brings a track record of sales achievement in a variety of HVAC sectors, well equipping him to expand traction for our broad portfolio of HVAC tools,” said Stephen Rutherford, vice president of HVAC Tools Business for NAVAC. “His experience will assist in keeping our sales and tools training efforts at the highest possible levels even as we grow and evolve.”

Ochoa graduated from the HVAC/R Technology Program at Pitt Community College in Winterville, North Carolina. He resides in Huntingtown, Maryland.