The Bardi Team | Bardi Heating & Air Conditioning

Bardi Heating and Air is led by Alex Bardi, and is composed of a team that establishes high expectations and sets clear, specific, measurable goals. The team will do everything possible to support our quality people in achieving these goals.

Alex Bardi
President/CEO

Alex is co-founder, President and CEO of both the commercial and residential companies. He has a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering (BME) from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science (BS) from the University of Georgia. In order to further his business acumen, Alex has been a member of Vistage, an international organization for CEOs, since 1999. He has 29 years experience in the HVAC business and holds unrestricted HVAC licenses in Georgia, South Carolina and Texas. He is on the Board of Directors for the Tommy Nobis Center (www.tommynobiscenter.org), a non-profit organization that specializes in vocational training for persons with disabilities. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Robert D. Fowler YMCA and on the Supervisory Committee at Associated Credit Union. He is married to Susan, the co-founder of both businesses, and has 4 children : Adam, Brianna, Lilliana, and Andrew.

Brian Baker, CPA
Vice President

As a former CFO for a wide variety of industries, Brian leads the charge at Bardi to establish and fine tune internal processes and controls, as well as assist in operational metrics. His strong accounting and management skills, visionary strategies and established financial relationships strategically guide Bardi to a level traditionally unseen by other HVAC companies. In addition to his MBA in Accounting and BA in Finance degrees, Brian is a member of AICPA and GSCPA professional accounting organizations.

Tracy Stone, PHR
Human Resources

As Bardi’s HR Director (aka Talent Finder) Tracy’s expertise is the company’s go-to-manager for ‘all things employee’ including safety initiatives, benefits, organization design, performance, development, training, and regulatory compliance. She’s proud of employees’ commitment to the company earning Bardi two “Top Workplace of the Year” awards from the AJC.
A certified HR professional with over 25 years experience, and an active member of professional organizations including SHRM, SHRM Atlanta and HRMA, Tracy holds a B.S. from Auburn in Personnel and Industrial Relations.
When she’s not guiding employee relations at Bardi, Tracy puts her HR skills to work as an active volunteer of Crossroads Career Network, a faith-based non-profit helping unemployed, underemployed and misemployed find their “family” in the workplace.

Tommy Rape, BBA
Chief Estimator/Sales Manager

Chief Estimator/Sales Engineer- Construction & Engineering Department Tommy is Chief Estimator/Sales Manager for the Construction and Engineering Department of Bardi Mechanical. He has 21 years experience in the HVAC business including accounting, building automation, project management, estimating and service account management. Tommy currently works with many General Contractors and Building Owners in the Atlanta area and is adept at meeting the challenges in this competitive, value driven market. He has a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia and is authorized for Honeywell LCBS Building Automation Systems. Tommy is married to Tracy Rape and they have two children, Travis and Mandy.

Bob Jarrett
Operations Manager- C&E

Operations Manager – Construction & Engineering Department

Bob is Bardi's first employee, he has been with the company 21 years with 25 years experience. He studied at Dekalb Technical Institute and graduated in 1991 to earn his technical diploma in Heating and Air Conditioning. He studied and earned his Air Conditioning License for the State of Georgia in 1992. He is currently the Operations Manager for the Construction and Engineering Department reviewing contracts and scopes of work on all commercial projects. He supervises the Project Management Team and oversees all field operations. His commercial team specializes in K-12, Tenant Finish, All types of renovations, Industrial, Office, Medical, and ground up buildings. He is married to Julaine, has 3 children and enjoys coaching baseball.

Ricke Jenkins

Commercial Service & Planned Maintenance Specialist

Ricke is one of our longest tenured employees. Upon graduation from Georgia Tech, he began what has now been a 30-year career in the construction services industry. He has experience in project management as well as his vast experiences in sales and business development. His first experience with heating and air came some twenty years ago as owner of a company that designed and installed geothermal loops. Today he operates within our commercial service group by providing Planned Maintenance programs, system upgrades and system addition solutions to our clients.

Greg Weigle, CPA Accountant

Greg is co-founder and a partner with Cyber Financial Solutions, Inc., an accounting and financial management outsourcing firm. He has been a part of the Bardi management team for nearly 10 years and has twenty-nine years’ experience in accounting and financial management in various industries. He has a BA in both Accounting and Finance from Northern Illinois University and is a member of the AICPA.

Gresham Ard
Service Operations Manager

Operations Manager for the Commercial and Residential Service Departments

A third generation industry expert, he started his career as a residential service technician, gaining invaluable insight into consumer needs. Gresham has an Associate Degree from Griffin Technical College in Air Conditioning Technology, holds a Class II Unrestricted Air conditioning License for the State of Georgia, and is a Certified Air Balance Diagnostician. Supervising the day-to -day operations in the service departments including the new Plumbing division, Gresham’s goal is to ensure that each customer gets the highest level of Bardi service. He and his wife Jennifer, have a Pitt Bull Mix, Spock.