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Will Schwalbach - B.S.
Mauro Catavolo – P.Eng.
Director of Engineering, Mechanical
I’ve always been motivated by the challenge of turning ideas into reality — whether it’s improving processes, developing new products, or helping a company scale from just a handful of people to a thriving operation. At XNRGY, I’m proud to guide our engineering and R&D teams as we create innovative, high-performance climate solutions for the future.
Mauro Catavolo holds a Mechanical Engineering degree and a minor in management from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He also has the Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation for the province of Quebec.
Mauro has more than 17 years of experience in HVAC system design, applications and manufacturing. He spent the first nine years of his career at Ventrol Air Handling Systems Inc. as a senior application engineer. Mauro helped sales representatives, contractors and consulting engineers design custom air handling units based on customer requirements and industry standards. He was able to improve the sales department and increase its efficiency by implementing many new processes. Mauro was also appointed the project manager for the development of the company’s selection software. Later, he was appointed as Business Analyst for the implementation of Ventrol’s new ERP system and he helped out the other facilities across the CES group.
Deciding to broaden his knowledge on the manufacturing of dehumidification and DX equipment, Mauro joined Dectron Inc., in 2013, as an Engineering and R&D Manager. There, he managed an engineering team consisting of 17 members (drafters, programmers, electrical engineers, refrigeration technicians and product engineers) and managed their R&D program. He was also involved in the implementation of Lean manufacturing with DFT and Kanban systems.
In 2015, he joined a group of experienced HVAC executives to help create a new greenfield company called TMI Climate Solutions Canada Inc., which was part of the Mitek group—a Berkshire Hathaway owned company. He was involved in various aspects of the company’s creation and was part of the success that allowed the company to grow from five people to a staff of over 200 within its first four years.
Because of his experience with, and enthusiasm for, the creation of the previously mentioned greenfield company, he decided to join XNRGY Climate Systems, in 2019, as Director of Engineering for their Mechanical Group. Not only has his experience served him well in developing various products for the company, but he also takes pride in knowing he helped with initial set-up of the company. Mauro directs the development of XNRGY’s products, oversees the engineering team and co-manages the R&D team. He also recruits employees, assigns, directs and evaluates their work, as well as overseeing their development.