Meet the founder
Hey, I'm Eric.
I grew up around tradespeople. Then spent 20 years learning the playbook Fortune 500s use to answer every call and never lose a lead. Now I run the same playbook for local shops here in Central Texas.
Eric Johnson · Founder, Blackland Systems · Pflugerville, TX
20 yrs
in enterprise tech and automation
AT&T, Glassdoor, Udemy
companies I've sold and built with
Pflugerville
local, on the phone the same day
Hands-on
you work with me directly, no middlemen
The path here
From a fence crew in Mt. Shasta, CA to Fortune 500 tech, and back to the shops that raised me.
01 · ROOTS
Raised around tradespeople.
My first job was at a small shop in Mt. Shasta, CA that did fencing, landscaping, and painting. My family worked with their hands. I grew up watching owners who could build anything — and still lost jobs to a phone they couldn't pick up.
02 · 20 YEARS
Two decades selling automation to the enterprise.
I spent my career at AT&T, Glassdoor, and Udemy. I learned firsthand how the big guys win — not from talent or budget, but from operational rigor and the right tech in the right places. How they catch every call. How they follow up on every lead in minutes. How they scale without dropping customers along the way.
03 · THE PIVOT
Why I'm building this for local shops.
The HVAC owner missing calls in a 100-degree crawl space. The plumber who watched a $4,000 job go to voicemail. The electrician booking three weeks out who can't keep up with new leads. They deserve the same tech the Fortune 500 takes for granted. That's why I started Blackland Systems.
How I work
Faith. Family. A handshake still means something.
I'm not a VC-backed startup chasing a valuation. I'm a one-man shop in Pflugerville building something my kids will be proud of.
✓
Hands-on, not hands-off.
Your system is built and tuned by me personally. No junior account reps, no offshore support tickets. You get my cell.
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Month-to-month.
If it's not working for you, you walk. No lock-in contracts. I only keep clients who see real results.
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Local first.
Pflugerville, Round Rock, Austin, Georgetown, Hutto, and the rest of Central Texas. I'm a short drive away, not a support line in another time zone.
Who I work with
Independent HVAC, plumbing, and electrical shops that are tired of leaving money on the voicemail.
Typically 3 to 15 techs. Typically owner-operated. Typically missing more calls than they realize.
Ready to talk?
30 minutes with me. No sales pitch, no obligation. Just a straight look at what’s leaking in your business and whether it’s worth fixing. We can even meet in person — I’m a short drive away.
Blackland Systems, LLC | Pflugerville TX 78660 | (737) 201-7670
Serving HVAC, plumbing & electrical contractors in Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Leander, Hutto, and Austin, TX.