Your software should understand the work. And the business behind it.
TradeVulcan brings real trades experience and software engineering together to help home-service teams capture more opportunities, follow through, and grow with less busywork.
Start with your team, your tools, and your biggest opportunity.
Brandon Stowe is the founder and CEO of TradeVulcan, a U.S. Air Force veteran, HVAC professional, former trade-school instructor, and entrepreneur who has built, acquired, and operated home service businesses across the country.
His career in the trades began in 2004. His perspective comes from both sides of the service call: doing the work in the field and running the business behind it. From troubleshooting HVAC systems to building teams and helping contractors grow, Brandon has experienced the operational challenges that TradeVulcan is designed to solve.
After consulting with more than 150 contractors across the United States, Brandon brings an unusually broad view of how service companies actually work. He pairs that field, teaching, and ownership experience with his development team's engineering expertise to build contractor-focused software around real workflows—not assumptions about them.
More of Brandon's story at Pathway Partners (opens in a new tab)Brandon served in the United States Air Force and worked as an HVAC technician during his military tenure. That hands-on foundation remains central to his understanding of the people, equipment, and responsibility behind every service call.
As an instructor in the HVAC program at the Northwest College of Construction in Portland, Oregon, Brandon helped train the next generation of tradespeople. Teaching sharpened his focus on making complex work understandable and practical.
Through his consulting work, including Pathway Partners Group, Brandon has worked with more than 150 contractors nationwide. That exposure connects the realities of small service teams with the challenges of growing, multi-location operations.
Industry recognition, professional development, and a lasting commitment to the trades.
Named to The ACHR NEWS 2025 Top 40 Under 40 HVACR Professionals list.
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The original August 11, 2025 issue (opens in a new tab)
Recognized as a 2026 Honored Listee by Marquis Who's Who.
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Brandon's Yealink certification connects practical business communications knowledge with TradeVulcan's focus on contractor phone workflows.
Read the certificate (opens in a new tab)From early lessons to acquisitions and growth partnerships, every chapter brought a closer understanding of what service businesses need.
Founded in 2015 and closed in 2017. An early chapter that brought hard-earned lessons in ownership and helped shape a more grounded approach to building and operating service businesses.
Built a refrigeration business and later exited, adding another operating chapter to a career spanning HVAC, refrigeration, and home services.
Acquired CrackerJack Appliance Repair in January 2019 and converted it into CrackerJack Air and Plumbing Pros. Sold and exited the business in May 2025.
Helped rebrand and begin a new growth trajectory in 2022 for this established Houston, Texas business, carrying forward a company history that began decades earlier.
Acquired HVS Plumbing in Los Angeles in May 2025, bringing the established plumbing business into CrackerJack Plumbing Pros.
Experience across markets, company stages, and operating teams.
Helped establish and grow the service business as a founding member.
Contributed to the company's growth through an ownership position.
Businesses Brandon has owned and operated have received multiple local and regional awards, including these service honors.
Company-level service awards, separate from Brandon's individual honors.
Brandon brings the operating perspective. His development team brings the engineering expertise. Together, they turn the realities of running a service business into software that helps the office, the field, and the customer stay connected.
Our mission is practical: fewer missed opportunities, clearer handoffs, and better control over growth. Start where your team needs the help most.
Show me how it fits my businessYou do not need another disconnected dashboard. You need the right workflow for the problem in front of you.
The next customer calls. Nobody picks up.
Connect CallSpark and Vulcan Voice to help your team answer, capture the conversation, and recover missed opportunities.
Calls & AI answeringThe estimate is sent. The follow-up stops.
Bring structure to estimate follow-up with Close Forge, so your team knows what happened and what should happen next.
Estimate follow-upYour marketing brings traffic. The lead slips away.
Use Site Spark to connect website inquiries and booking workflows, then bring lead activity into a more useful view with Lead Forge.
Website conversionKeep the systems your team already knows. We will review supported connections and the right starting point together.
Explore integrationsBuilt in San Diego. Focused on contractors across the country.
TradeVulcan was founded by Brandon Stowe, a U.S. Air Force veteran, HVAC professional, former Northwest College of Construction HVAC instructor, service-business owner, and consultant who has worked with more than 150 contractors across the United States. He builds the platform with his development team.
TradeVulcan focuses on home-service contractors, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and other service trades. The starting point is your actual workflow: calls, website inquiries, estimates, follow-up, local proof, or lead visibility.
TradeVulcan is designed to work around the systems your company already uses. In your demo, we review your CRM, phone, website, and marketing setup, identify the supported connections, and show how the relevant workflow fits your operation.
No. Start with the problem that matters most, choose the relevant app or workflow, and expand when it makes sense for your team. The demo is a chance to find that first practical fit.
Share a little about your company and the work you want to improve. The TradeVulcan team uses that context to help you explore relevant apps, discuss your existing systems, and plan a practical starting point.
Bring the workflow that costs your team time or loses good opportunities. Let's find a practical way forward.
Your trade, team, existing systems, and biggest challenge.
Focus the conversation on the tools that fit your business.
Start with the right app. Expand when your team is ready.
San Diego, California Built for the service trades.
