Paul Stordahl
Paul is a Master Control Technician and Co-Owner. He began his career in controls and building management systems with Library Tower, now U.S. Bank Tower, in Los Angles in 1987. For nearly 30 years he has been providing top quality customer service on cutting edge building management technology.
Paul and his family have made their home in Bozeman since 2006. Paul is the visionary and driving force behind core control. His emphasis is always taking care of people. ‘A client since 2009’ reflects on Paul and the team he has built around himself: “I highly recommend using Core Control. They quickly went from a valued sub to valued friends.”
Master Control Technician, 28 years experience
DeVry University Associates Degree in Electronics
Eric Fendler
Eric is a Master Plumber and Co-Owner. He has been working full time since he was fifteen years old. He began his pluming career in 1978 and is the former owner of BL&F Plumbing. In 2014, BL&F and Core merged into one company, making Core a one-stop-shop for integrated building maintenance services. Eric and Marsha have raised their children in Bozeman. In his spare time, he enjoys his Harley Davidson and playing the bagpipes with The Black Devils Pipeband.
Licensed Master Plumber #808, 37 years experience
Tom Milleson
Tom is a Licensed Architect and Co-Owner. He joined Core in 2000, first as a consultant, then an employee and now as a co-owner. His professional experience and training in architecture capture the essence of our business philosophy: interdisciplinary service to our community through comfortable, pleasing buildings. In his spare time he enjoys gardening, and travel with wife, Cindy, and daughter, Ashley.
Licensed Architect #1866, 21 years experience
Brad Crowe
Brad is a Master Control Technician of over 20 years. He joined core in 2015 and brings extensive controls engineering and programming experience to the team. He is a leader for our crews. Brad and his wife are newlyweds and make their home in Willow Creek, Montana, south of Three Forks, which is very close to where Brad was raised.
B.S. EEET, Montana State University, 24 years experience
Shannon Vaughn
Shannon joined the core team in April of 2014 and her value to the company reaches way beyond bookkeeping. She is a capable estimator and her engineering and environmental training enhance how we look at our work. The ownership team is actively considering ways to enhance our services with her skill set. She and her husband, Chad, have two boys, Gunner and Crosby. Shannon enjoys cooking, re-finishing furniture, hiking and skiing.
B.S. Civil Engineering with Bio-Resource Option, MSU
Eric Bueling
Eric is a Journeyman HVAC mechanic and trainer with UA41. He joined core in 2013. He brings a wealth of diverse technical and troubleshooting skill to the team. A Montana native he has 7 years of experience remodeling and building his own homes. Like most philosophy majors, he and his wife are cat people: Indy and Ace.
B.A. Philosophy with Religious Studies Option, MSU
Chad Marks
Chad, a retired Marine Corps Combat Veteran, joined core in 2014. He is currently an apprentice with UA41. Previous employment included valuable experience as an oil refinery mechanic. Chad enjoys being in the great outdoors of southwestern Montana. He and his wife have one baby daughter, Ruby.
B.S. Aviation Flight
Keanon Dixon
Keanon is a Bozeman native and, before coming to core in 2014, worked at Bozeman TV and Appliance. He is currently a UA41 apprentice. He and his Australian shepherd/Karelian bear dog cross, Mason, can often be found together fishing. Unfortunately, Mason is way too big to join Keanon on the job site.
Tony Martello
Tony joined the Core Control team in 2016, helping anchor our Helena service division. He has worked in and around the trades since 2006. He is a licensed Journeyman plumber with UA 41 and is cross-training in HVAC and Controls technology. Born and raised in Helena, he makes his home in East Helena with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
Drew Black
Drew joined the Core team in 2018 after more than a decade of low-temp refrigeration support for laboratory and other environments at MSU in Bozeman. He is a life-long learner, with a broad and proven skill set in refrigeration, HVAC, boilers, hydronics, and control systems. Drew makes his home in the Helena area with his wife and one son.
Joe Burke
Joe, a third generation Butte native, joined the Core team in 2016. For more than a decade he has served the Butte community as a plumber and, more recently, as a trainer for the UA41 JATC program. He carries his Masters Plumbing License and Med Gas endorsement. Joe came to Core for the opportunity to build skill and knowledge on the refrigeration and control side. With his wife and their two daughters, they make their home not far from where he grew up. He is an avid outdoors-man, a dedicated husband and father, and a leader with integrity.
Licensed Master Plumber #1 2 2 4 2; Med Gas Certification # 1 2 2 4 0
Lexxy Bueling
Lexxy is a skilled and experienced laboratory chemist. She explains her reason for joining Core in 2017 saying: "I like to get my hands dirty and the better you are at science, the more you sit behind a desk." She is an apprentice with UA41 and excited about bringing her education to bear on trade work. Lexxy is a regular presenter for "The Girls' STEM Round Up" hosted by Exploration Works and Carroll College.
B.A. Chemistry; M.S. BioChemistry, MSU 2009
Kathy Burr
Kathy is the beating heart, the nerve center, the Core of our service delivery. Starting in 2017, Kathy brought us full circle from the customer, to sales, to technicians, to accounting and management and, ultimately, back to the ongoing needs of our customers. She brings over a decade of controls industry experience to our back office team, joining us from a major, regional distributor.
Brian Johnson
Brian talks to people.