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Jacob Brorman is Getting Hands-on Experience at Sirius this Summer

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Jacob Brorman is spending his summer as an intern at Sirius Plumbing and Air Conditioning where he’s getting hands-on experience in what it takes day-to-day to run a dynamic business.

Although he lived out of Texas for 11 years, Jacob now resides in Dallas. “We lived/moved outside of the US due to my dads work. We lived in China for 5 years, then we lived in London, UK for 6 years… it was quite the experience,” says Brorman. He’s a graduate of Plano West Senior High, home of the Wolves, class of 2021. While attending there he was a multi-sport athlete, competing in baseball, basketball, soccer, tennis, and flag football.

His role at Sirius this summer involves working with bookkeeping and, like his multiple and varying high school sports, includes multiple and varying tasks: Accounts Receivable, checking invoices status on the computer, filing invoices. He’ll also be picking up and returning equipment as needed.

He’s headed into his junior year at the College of Charleston in South Carolina this fall and after graduation in spring of 2025 he hopes to continue in an office position similar to the one he is now in, as an office assistant or administrative assistant.

Sirius Plumbing and Air Conditioning is happy to have a dedicated summer intern like Jacob here to help us through the hot summer months!

May 22, 2023

Intern Knox Thornhill Making a Difference

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Sirius Plumbing and Air Conditioning intern Knox Thornhill is making a difference in the Dallas community. A junior at SMU majoring in accounting, he plans to receive his BBA in the spring of 2024 and looks forward to working in the business world.

His responsibilities, he recalls, at SPAC were vast: “From creating and processing payments, monitoring job statuses, general invoice filing and checking – which included AHS contractor portal and FieldSure – office filing for the organization,” he explained. Knox was meticulous at his office duties but was often sent out of the office to do more. He says, “I was picking up material and systems and delivering them to technicians in the field, registering or assisting in registering warranties on installations, researching and implementing suggestions for improvement in Sirius’ general operations and their switch to a new contractor portal called ServiceLine, maintaining our warehouses, and helping train our two other interns, Jacob and Chase.”

A hometown boy born and raised in Dallas, he attended Bishop Lynch High School where Knox was a two-sport athlete. He played football for the Friars, and ran track, “Although poorly,” he admits with a laugh.

Knox also participated in the Bishop Lynch Student Council and worked as a math tutor with grades pre-k-8th, among other activities.

Knox currently plays rugby with Southern Methodist University’s club team, is a member of the Student Foundation, and participates in the Real Estate club.

When he’s not in class, studying, or playing rugby, Knox volunteers to do community service with the largest student organization on campus, SMU’s Mustang Heroes, a student-led community service organization. The group recently decorated Incarnation House for “Back-to-School.” IH is a safe place for homeless DISD students from North Dallas High to go after school to do their homework and get a healthy dinner.

SMU Mustang Heroes also help by working in local community gardens and raising funds for other clubs on campus.

Knox’s future is bright. His dream job, he says, “would most likely be to become a financial advisor, consultant, or partner at a fortune 500 firm.”

Until graduation in May of 2024 with his bachelor’s in accounting, you might bump into him watching and cheering on Dallas teams at local venues or heading out to go hunting or fishing.

Knox is a hard-working intern with a strong work ethic, ready to take on the world of business and all it entails.

September 19, 2022

Meet Intern Jake McCurrie

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A HEAD FOR NUMBERS MAKES THIS INTERN A SUCCESS

Jake McCurrie is spending his summer getting real-world experience working with Sirius Plumbing & Air Conditioning.

An Accounting major with a business administration minor at Arkansas Tech University, Jake is headed into his senior year and after graduation in 2022 he hopes to work for a Fortune 500 company. But he might just go to work for the IRS – or in the Pentagon, if that’s a possibility.

Jake is from Russellville Arkansas, “the county seat and largest city in Pope County,” Arkansas, population of 30,971, and the home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas’ only nuclear power plant. He graduated from Russellville High School where he ran Cross Country. Now he runs more figures than miles and is looking forward to being in the work force after college.

Currently his job at Sirius Plumbing & Air Conditioning has him collecting credit transactions from Simple Swipe and Merchant Center, and updating the dispatch huddle daily, invoicing to the AHS portal – important technical work that he does efficiently.

He also registers the water heaters and other A/C equipment installed by Sirius Plumbing & Air Conditioning, assisting with water heater permit follow ups, then emailing customers their warranties. And he helps with auditing and invoicing.

When he’s not at work, Jake enjoys collecting things – shoes, skateboard decks, vinyl figures and old coins.

This is a young man ready to run into his future and Sirius Plumbing & Air Conditioning is glad to be a part of his success!

July 27, 2021
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Garrett Shares 30 Years of Entrepreneurial Experience

By Mentorship, Plumbing and Air Conditioning Dallas TX

Arkansas Tech University alumnus Brent Garrett’s career in business has provided him with a wealth of experience and wisdom.

As he set about sharing some of it with the ATU College of Business students assembled in the Doc Bryan Student Services Center Lecture Hall on Wednesday, March 11, he recalled an encounter with Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of FedEx. While seated with Smith at a leadership council, Garrett asked him what the most important job of a leader is.

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April 21, 2020
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