Taco Comfort Solutions has named John Morgan as its area vice president for the Western United States. His responsibilities include managing all sales revenue activities for the commercial and wholesale channels.

Morgan has over 25 years of experience in sales, operations, and marketing. 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 supplier of 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 degree 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 vice president of the Central United States. His responsibilities include managing all sales revenue activities for the commercial and wholesale channels.

Previously at Taco, Turmel led the business development and commercial sales teams and the iWorX controls group. He holds LEED AP certification from USGBC. He also has an engineering degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Post University.

Taco Comfort Solutions also promoted Geoffry Bent to southeast region manager for 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 U.S. Navy, Bent served as a seamanship and navigation instructor. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.