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Nexus Refrigeration

The Expertise Behind REFRIGology

Nexus Refrigeration isn’t just an engineering firm or contractor—we’re a team of dedicated industry professionals driven to empower customers, safeguard employees, and elevate the standards of industrial refrigeration. With decades of combined experience, our leadership brings hands-on expertise in designing, managing, and maintaining complex ammonia systems across the globe. It’s that same passion and know-how that led us to create REFRIGology, our on-demand learning platform designed to help you build a safer, more efficient refrigeration operation from the ground up.


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Built by Trusted Experts

In their previous positions they have had the pleasure of working with a wide variety of clients and several government agencies. This experience and their unique combination of design and safety results in a seamless customer experience.

World-class Instructors

Founded by Indusrry Experts

Benjamin Clark

Benjamin has over 12 years of experience in industrial refrigeration, Process Safety Management (PSM) contracting, and plant facility engineering. Benjamin received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University.

His career started at the Tippmann group in Indianapolis Indiana, where he managed over a million square feet of commercial/industrial real estate, including a large ammonia refrigeration facility built in the 1960’s. He was promoted internally to Facility Engineer and placed in charge of a state of the art refrigeration system in Newport News, Virginia, where his practical approach to refrigeration was developed. While at Tippmann Group he was exposed to PSM audits as he travelled across their facilities with the corporate team.

In 2010 he left Tippmann Group for ColonialWebb contractors where he was tasked with growing a Process Safety Management contracting business. From 2010 to 2017 he worked with a wide variety of companies developing and maintaining PSM programs, conducting audits and inspections and assisting in regulatory defense.

Benjamin provides a unique blend of classical engineering training, as well as, a down to earth approach for maintaining refrigeration systems and PSM programs.

Mark Malagon, PE

Mark has over 16 years of experience in industrial refrigeration and mechanical contracting. Mark earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech as well as an MBA from Mercer University. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in multiple states and holds an active NCEES Record.

Mark started his career as a project manager, quickly advancing to sales engineer. Soon thereafter he found himself in sales and engineering management, and after a successful run as a sales director, Mark chose to leave the industrial refrigeration industry for a general management position in HVAC. His time as a GM provided invaluable experience in business and finance. Eventually Mark was drawn back to his passion for industrial refrigeration, now with the experience to start his own company.

Mark is an accomplished leader with a strong record in management, sales, engineering, and operations. He has been responsible for over $200 million worth of work from prominent industrial clients such as Americold Logistics, Tropicana, Preferred Freezer, Con Agra, Smithfield Foods, Pepsi, Purdue, Pilgrim’s Pride, Nestle, and Cuisine Solutions.