Management Team

Jeffrey Sprau has served as Chief Executive Officer of Legence Corp. since January 2025 and as director of Legence Corp. since August 2025. Mr. Sprau has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Legence Parent LLC since October 2020, when he was also appointed to Legence Parent LLC's Board of Managers. Prior to the formation of Legence Parent LLC, since April 2019, Mr. Sprau served as the Chief Executive Officer of Therma, a Legence company. Prior to joining Therma, Mr. Sprau served as the President of BrandSafway from July 2017 to October 2018, in various roles at Safway Group, including as President of the U.S. Division and President of the East Division, from January 2011 to June 2017 and before that in various roles at Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), including General Manager of the company’s Wisconsin operations. Mr. Sprau began his career as a marketing engineer with Trane Technologies plc (NYSE: TT). Mr. Sprau has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from Mercer University’s Stetson-Hatcher School of Business.

Stephen Butz has served as Chief Financial Officer of Legence Corp. since January 2025. Mr. Butz has also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Legence Parent LLC since November 2021. Prior to joining Legence Parent LLC, Mr. Butz served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE) from December 2019 to March 2020. Prior to joining Noble Corp., Mr. Butz held roles across the offshore drilling industry, including as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rowan Companies plc and Hercules Offshore, Inc. Mr. Butz began his career as a banking officer at First Interstate Bank in Houston, Texas. Mr. Butz has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Steve Hansen has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2025 and as the Chief Operating Officer of Legence Parent since July 2021. Prior to the formation of Legence Parent, since April 2019, Mr. Hansen served as the President of Therma Holdings LLC, the predecessor to Legence Parent. Mr. Hansen’s work with Therma Holdings LLC and its affiliates spans more than 22 years, during which, in addition to serving as President, he served in various leadership roles which have included General Foreman, Labor Superintendent, Project Manager, Operations Manager, and Executive Vice President. Additionally, Mr. Hansen is a member of the Mechanical Contractors Association board and the Silicon Valley Pipe Trades board. Mr. Hansen brings 35 years of mission-critical industry experience to his current Chief Operating Officer role. Early in his career Mr. Hansen completed two apprenticeships: one in sheet metal and the other as an HVAC service technician.

Bryce Seki has served as General Counsel of Legence Corp. since January 2025. Mr. Seki has also served as the General Counsel of Legence Parent LLC since October 2021. Prior to joining Legence Parent LLC, Mr. Seki served in various roles at Pioneer Energy Services, including General Counsel and Vice President—Associate General Counsel, from May 2011 to October 2021. Prior to these roles, Mr. Seki was an attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (now Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP) in San Antonio, Texas. Mr. Seki has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Notre Dame Law School.

Gregory Barnes has served as Chief Human Resources Officer of Legence Corp. since January 2025. Mr. Barnes has also served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Legence Parent LLC since July 2021. Prior to joining Legence Parent LLC, Mr. Barnes served as Chief Human Resources Officer of Apache Industrial Services from January 2019 to July 2021, in various roles at BlueLine Rental, including Vice President of Human Resources, from June 2015 to December 2018 and in various roles at General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) from May 2009 to May 2015. Mr. Barnes has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston and a Master of Business Administration from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Justin Schwartz has served as Chief Strategy Officer since September 2025. He previously served as Chief Development Officer beginning in November 2021. Prior to joining Legence, Mr. Schwartz was President of Kepler Energy / P3 Energy from 2019 to 2021. From 2008 to 2018, he held roles of increasing responsibility at Sithe Global Power, LLC, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President, Development. Earlier in his career, Mr. Schwartz served as an Infrastructure Finance Specialist at the World Bank Group from 2005 to 2008 and as a Political Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State from 2003 to 2004. He also held positions at Fulcrum Global Partners from 2002 to 2003 and at the U.S. Department of State’s U.S. Mission to the United Nations in 2001. Mr. Schwartz holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Art History from the University of Michigan and a Master of International Affairs in Development Economics from Columbia University.