Leadership Brings Increased Profitability
His leadership, vision, strategic planning, sales and marketing expertise have dramatically increased the profitability of his holdings, regardless of the industry and competitive market.
Largest Privately Held Fall Protection Manufacturer in the World
In August 2017, Darrin sold one of his largest companies, Guardian Fall Protection, to a London-based private equity investment firm, The Smithfield Group. The Smithfield Group created Pure Safety™ Fall Protection to acquire Guardian and one of its competitors. Pure Safety (www.puresafetygroup.com) is positioned and aspires to be the industry’s largest independent manufacturer solely focused on fall protection. At the time of the sale, Guardian was the largest privately-held fall protection manufacturer in the world and ranked third in North American market share behind 3M and Honeywell. Darrin remains the largest individual shareholder in Pure Safety.
Extensive HVAC Expertise
His experience in the HVAC industry dates back over 18 years when he purchased Seattle’s Brennan Heating & Air Conditioning in 2004. Under his ownership, Brennan has enjoyed significant growth and profitability. Because of his experience in owning many HVAC companies, Darrin understands the industry challenges and opportunities facing The SEER Group partner companies. The SEER Group is the largest privately-owned HVAC services platform in the United States.
The SEER Group formed when founder, Darrin Erdahl, combined his 30 years of business experience with President, Eric Beardemphl’s, 30 years of HVAC business management. Since 2018, Erdahl and Beardemphl have partnered with over 37 HVAC and plumbing companies, expanding The SEER Group to over 1,600 employees.
SEER’s current partners span Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Arizona, but our future plans to partner with HVAC and plumbing companies span the entire U.S.
SEER’s mission is to help our partner company owners achieve their financial goals by growing their businesses and facilitating planned exit strategies that benefit sellers, employees, and customers.
We believe if we focus on caring for our teams, those teams will take care of their customers. It’s an uncommon approach but we understand the importance of retaining each partner company’s unique culture. SEER partner owners continue to run day-to-day operations with no elimination of positions after joining SEER. Instead, SEER bolsters the relationships between employer and employees, sourcing guidance and support from operations teams across the entire SEER group.
