Alan Lindeman Spn

About Alan Lindeman Spn

For over 30 years, I have worked inside the commercial HVAC and mechanical service industry—leading sales teams, developing leaders, and helping contractors build scalable, high-performing organizations.Today, I serve as Co-Founder of Anavo Growth Partners and Co-Founder of IgniteSkills Academy.Through Anavo Growth Partners, we advise privately held companies on revenue growth, operational scalability, leadership alignment, and enterprise value creation. Our work is focused on helping owners and executive teams build disciplined systems that drive profitability and long-term valuation.Through IgniteSkills Academy, we develop the people who execute that strategy—equipping sales professionals, sales leaders, and management teams with structured sales processes, financial selling capability, discovery mastery, and leadership development.Together, these platforms align strategy and execution.My focus is simple:• Strengthen recurring revenue engines• Elevate sales and leadership capability• Improve profitability and EBITDA• Increase long-term enterprise value• Build organizations that scale with confidenceI work with privately owned businesses across the United States and Canada, with a special emphasis on commercial HVAC and service contractors serious about growth, leadership excellence, and building businesses that last.If you are looking to strengthen your sales strategy, develop your leadership team, or prepare your organization for its next stage of growth, let’s connect.

Experience

1. Co-founder President

   Igniteskills Academy

   Jun 2025 — Present

   Developing the sales and leadership talent that drives sustainable growth in commercial HVAC organizations.IgniteSkills Academy, powered by Anavo Growth Partners, is a specialized sales and leadership training organization serving commercial HVAC and mechanical service contractors across the United States and Canada.As Founder, Industry Expert, and Lead Trainer, I design and deliver structured programs focused on maintenance sales development, discovery mastery, financial selling, recurring revenue growth, and sales leadership performance.Our programs help contractors:• Increase maintenance agreement penetration• Improve close rates and sales effectiveness• Strengthen financial selling conversations• Develop high-performing sales and leadership teams• Build scalable revenue engines that increase profitability and enterprise valueIgniteSkills Academy serves as the human capital development platform within the Anavo ecosystem—ensuring strategy is supported by capable, disciplined sales and leadership talent.

Education

• University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business

  BBA, Marketing

  1977 — 1982