ASHRAE Louisville - April Chapter Meeting

Please join us on Wednesday, April 17th from 11:30am – 1:00pm for our Monthly Chapter Meeting!   

Presenters:  J Kirby Lee, Regional Commercial Sales Manager, Johnson Controls 

Bio:  Kirby has been through a unique path with experience working in HVAC since he was 13 years old for his father. He has a experienced background in the HVAC industry as contractor/engineer/owner’s rep which allows him to look at problems from a multifaceted approach to help other solve problems. His current role is for Johnson Controls as the Regional Commercial Sales Manager serving the Southeastern states. Kirby’s engineering specialty focuses around Energy Modeling / Audits but a transformative moment in 2019 changed his life trajectory born from a motivational speech regarding leadership development

Kirby’s career path through the HVAC world took a non-traditional path and leadership development was something that he didn’t learn until later in life through his own development journey. After this reinvention process from scratch, it was clear his mission was to help teach people a better form of leadership development to help improve their lives in service to other people in the AEC industry. Kirby also enjoys acting as a AEC leadership development specialist for businesses & professionals using custom built approach based off the words IMPACT (Intention + Motivation + Purpose + Attack + Connect = Triumph).

He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of NC, holds credentials as a Certified Energy Manager, Green Building Engineer, Certified Energy Auditor and LEED AP Building Design + Construction. He received his BSME at NC State University and AS Engineering at Lenoir Community College. He has been married to his wife Tara for 17 years and has a daughter Madelyn that is 7 years old that brings him lots of joy.

Kirby is a former 2-term Triangle ASHRAE Chapter past president, winner of the prestigious Region IV Rudy Ferguson Memorial Award, and led the Triangle Chapter team to a #1 ranking in the US (#2 in the world) in the SY20 year for chapter performance metrics. His most recent ASHRAE role was delivering a Chapter Regional Conference as part of the Triangle Chapter team in August 2023.

Topic: Inner Leadership - The Morning Start Up

Leadership skills talk that is tied to Kirby's new system coming out in a book released soon called The Lion Attitude.

Location: Air Equipment Company | 1701 Payne St, Louisville, KY 40206

Lunch will be provided.