Risse Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning

Management

Jerry Risse | Gary Risse

Jerry Risse, President

"It all begins with a genuine desire to serve our customers. We use every opportunity to find out what we can do to help them be more successful. Then we proceed to implement changes internally that will address their needs."

Jerry is responsible for the marketing and estimating side of business development. He has been involved in the industry since 1956. After receiving his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961, Jerry joined the Risse team on a full-time basis.

He has been instrumental in growing the company into one of the largest and most organized mechanical contracting firms in the area. The ability to conceptualize systems and develop early budgets are among his strongest skills. His creativity provides the customer with a product that combines quality with economy of design.

Throughout his career, Jerry has been an active member of a number of trade organizations, including:

Associated Builders and Contractors
American Subcontractors Association
Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors

His community involvement includes being a Boy Scout leader, School Parents Association president, school board chairman, a member of his church building committee, and construction foreman with Young Life in Mexico.

Gary Risse, Vice President of Operations

"Pre-planning and looking at detail was instilled in me by my father long ago when he told me the one time you don't check the architectural dimensions is the one time they will be wrong. We have applied his wisdom to all areas of our operation and have built our methods and procedures around it. As we grow, it is rewarding to see others make this simple concept a guideline for their decisions."

Gary is a third generation Risse who is continuing the traditions and reputation of Risse Mechanical. In high school and college, he learned the basics of the industry by working summers and part-time around the warehouse and field sites.

His full-time career began in 1973 and he quickly advanced to manager of the fabrication department. Since that time, the company's expansion has allowed him to hold and oversee many positions. He has been directly involved as equipment manager, purchasing clerk, estimator, designer, detailer, personnel manager, office manager, superintendent and project manager.

In his current position, Gary is responsible for overall customer satisfaction, realized through proper organization of project management, accounting, design, human resources and office management.

Gary's dedication to the industry and community is evidenced by his involvement in the following:

Voted 1997 Contractor of the Year by the California Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors Association
Former president and board member of the Sacramento Valley PHCC Association
Former director of communications and marketing of the California PHCC Association
Former director of education of the California PHCC Association
Master committee chairman of the PHCC statewide apprenticeship program
Team Leader of three teen mission construction trips to Mexico
Former board and building committee member for the Church of the Nazarene

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