First and foremost, Ian Hoppe – the founder of Condoit, is a commercial electrician.

Ian started in the field as an apprentice in his early teens and fell in love with the trade. His dad, an electrical engineer, and his journeyman, Steve, taught him to do the job right. They taught him the importance of high-quality installation, record keeping, and analysis.

After high school, Ian traveled all over the country, working in heavy commercial and industrial environments. He did everything from maintaining oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico to out-of-the-ground new construction for a major grocery chain. Eventually, he returned to Birmingham, Alabama, his hometown, and began working for an electrical engineering firm many years later.

Ian has spent thousands of hours creating single-line diagrams with paper and pencils. He would measure and document a building and then spend hours in the office getting it all down on paper. Ian thought, “There has to be a better way.”As it turns out, there wasn’t.