Beth Vogt

Beth Vogt

Beth was born and raised in Denison, Iowa and has been with the company for almost 30 years. She and her husband, Russ have two boys, Dylan and Connor. Beth loves spending time outside, hanging out with family and friends, cooking, and traveling. They are always cheering on the Nebraska Cornhusker Football and Baseball teams … Read more

Verle Wiemer

Verle Wiemer

Verle started a very successful career in the electrical field working for a power company and then for a distributor advancing to a District Manager for a number of years. Through dedication, hard work, and a competitive drive, success followed. In 2003 he joined Mercer Zimmerman as a account rep and has continued to help … Read more

Jason Barton

Jason Barton

Jason was born and raised in Lincoln, NE and graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science. He and his wife Kim have two kids, Camden and Jordyn, and two dogs Charger (German Shepard) and Griffin (Maltese). Jason enjoys coaching his son’s AAU basketball team, The … Read more

Chad Hutchings

Chad grew up in Omaha, NE and graduated from Millard South High School. He and his wife Sydni have two yellow labs, Champ and Judge. Chad enjoys golfing, hunting, boating, and camping. He likes watching sports and cheers on the Huskers, Cowboys, and Lakers. In his free time, you can usually find Chad on a … Read more

Cullen Cleaver

Cullen Cleaver

Cullen graduated from Southeast Community College with an Associates Degree in Non-Destructive Testing. He was born and raised in Lincoln, NE and is now married with 3 children, a son and a set of boy/girl twins. His wife is a pediatrics ICU Nurse at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. Last but not least is their three-legged dog Jack … Read more

Michael Yoch

Michael Yoch

Michael Yoch joined the Mercer Zimmerman team during the October 2021 acquisition of AES Lighting Group (Omaha, NE).  Michael spent almost 9 years as Controls Department Manager while at AES.  His duties included outside control sales, controls quotations, applications engineering, project management, startup coordination as well as field technician.  Previous to Michael working at AES, … Read more

Chilli Chongo

Chilli Chongo

Chilli joined our team in February of 2017 as a specification sales person. Prior to MZ, Chilli, a graduate of the University of Nebraska Architectural Engineering program, worked as an Engineer in AE firms in Texas, California, Wisconsin and Nebraska which has offered her some keen insight into some of our specifiers and the work … Read more

Troy Townsend

Troy Townsend

Troy was born and raised in Nebraska and graduated from Northwest High School. He and his lovely wife Beth live in Omaha with their cat Simba. Troy enjoys reading science fiction and in his spare time likes to go on bus trips to different casinos with his wife and friends and paint by numbers. You … Read more

E.J. Hiss

E.J. Hiss

E.J. Hiss is a member of the project quotations department, coming from a lighting agency in Texas. E.J. has a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture, with a minor in Business from Kansas State University. He was reared in Great Bend, Kansas and grew up in a dairy farming family. He enjoys spending his free … Read more

nate lundgren

Nate graduated from the University of Nebraska Omaha and has extensive project management and quotations experience. He and his wife have 4 kids and enjoy watching them play hockey other sports. You can find Nate cheering on the Huskers, Cubs, and Pittsburgh Penguins. In his spare time, Nate likes doing DIY jobs with his wife, … Read more