Taco Comfort Solutions has named John Morgan, Area VP, Western US. His responsibilities include managing all sales revenue activities for the Commercial and Wholesale channels.

With over 25 years of experience including sales, operations and marketing, Morgan brings significant background well suited for growth at Taco. His experience includes positions as senior vice president at a Fortune 500 medical device company.  He was also the West business unit leader for Scotland-based AGGREKO, PLC – a global leader in providing temporary power generation and temperature control. He also served for four years as president of California-based Veritas Medical – a medical device distributor and sales organization.

Morgan holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of CT and has done post-graduate work at the Harvard Business School and at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Taco Comfort Solutions has promoted Ric Turmel to Area VP, Central US. His responsibilities include managing all sales revenue activities for the Commercial and Wholesale channels.

Previously at Taco, Turmel lead the business development and commercial sales teams and the iWorX controls group.

Turmel holds LEED AP certification from the USGBC.  He has an engineering degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a BA degree in business administration from Post University, and also studied at the University of Maine.

Taco Comfort Solutions also promoted Geoffry Bent to Southeast Region Manager, Commercial Products. Previously, he was a regional sales manager for Taco’s building automation system product group. Before his new position at Taco, Bent was construction sales manager for Johnson Controls, among other roles. 

In the US Navy, Bent served as a seamanship and navigation instructor. Bent is a graduate of the US Naval Academy.