Our Team

At Casteel Heating and Cooling we believe that a successful company is one that focuses all its efforts on the preservation of the environment, the development of the community, the advancement of our workforce and a lifelong commitment to our customers. In promoting these standards, we strive to hire individuals that realize success can come in many different forms.

Bob Casteel
President

As Founder and President of Casteel Heating and Cooling Inc., Bob Casteel has spent twenty plus years developing the company’s name and reputation. His desire to personally impress each customer with world class service, high quality products, affordable prices and exceptional warranties will always be his trademark.

Before starting Casteel Heating and Cooling, Bob was a construction electrician for Southwire during the 70’s and early 80’s. As the wire industry slowed, Bob realized it was time to find a new career. As fate would have it, and only days after deciding to change professions, a large heating and air conditioning company contacted Bob about a career move. With that, Bob spent the next five years developing his skills and learning the heating and air conditioning trade at Merrell & Associates.

Upon moving to Marietta in 1987, Bob worked as a Chief Engineer in downtown Atlanta by day, and at night was successfully promoting his business by handing out flyers and walking door to door. It was this personal touch with the customer that helped fuel the growth of the company, while defining the expectations for all future employees.

In his spare time, Bob enjoys teaching his Sunday school class, singing in the choir, fishing, hunting and playing with his six grandchildren. 

John Hillis
Vice President

After graduating from the University of Georgia in 1993, John went to work for one of the largest electronic component manufactures in the world. After ten year’s, and successfully running one of the largest accounts in the company, he decided it was time to travel less and join the family business. Since starting at Casteel, John has focused on the development of company processes, customer service, accounting and marketing the company.

John’s biggest passion is for implementing processes within the company. Coming from a large Japanese company that focused tirelessly on processes, John developed a true appreciation for the importance of procedures. John believes repetitive and clear directions benefits the employees and improves services to all customers.

In his free time, John enjoys spending time with his wife and two girls, fishing, UGA football games and relaxing. 

Richard Eppers
VP of Operations

Born and raised in Illinois, Richard moved to Georgia in 2006 to be the Operations Manager at Casteel. During his 16 year heating and air conditioning career, Richard has advanced through all phases of the industry. He started out in the installation department as a helper, became a union trained lead installer, advanced into the service department as an entry level technician, before finally becoming the service manager. Casteel is very lucky to have Richard as our Vice President of Operations. His vast experience and personality has been a tremendous asset to the company.

Richard has his degree from Environmental Technical Institute, he is a NATE Certified Technician, Graduate of Service Management University, Certified Expert in Heat Exchangers, he serves as President of the Cobb County Heating and Cooling Association, he serves as a Chattahoochee Tech Advisory Board Member, he has an unrestricted contractor's license in the state of Georgia, and also CITR1 building science graduate and CITR2 air balancing and duct design graduate.

Richard enjoys spending his free time hunting, fishing and relaxing with family. In December of 2011 he and his wife celebrated the birth of twin daughters.

Tom Taylor
VP of Sales

Raised in Boca Raton, Florida, Tom moved to Georgia after graduating the University of Florida.  Tom worked in the electronic component industry for over 25 years.  In his spare time, Tom assisted his father in law with HVAC installations and completed his MBA at Kennesaw State University. In addition to Tom’s academic accomplishments, he is BPI (Business Performance Institute) certified as a nationally recognized expert in total home science as well as a Certified Heat Exchanger Expert. After years of work related global travel, Tom has joined Casteel to lead the design team to insure any Casteel work done exceeds your comfort and efficiency expectations.

Tom enjoys golf, fishing, hunting, spending time with family and friends, and Gator football.