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Project Management Team
Once a project is signed, it is placed into the control of our experienced team of professionals. It’s their sole responsibility to assume control of the project and see it through to its conclusion. McKinley does not burden its sales representatives with trying to be experts at the coordination of projects. Each product area has its own project team that is dedicated to knowing the needs of the product and has multiple years of experience in anticipating and solving problems as they occur. They will carry the project from the drawing approval stage, through the factory ordering and manufacturing, shipment, and installation completion. When State Elevator inspections and permits are required, our field supervisors have first- hand experience with the requirements of each product and can intelligently guide this final step in the process. This is where working with professionals makes a difference!Team Member Bios
Mark McKinley - General Manager
Mark has managed projects across our spectrum of products for almost 10 years. Mark brings his administrative skills to the job oversees all of the wheelchair lifts installed in Northern California, and the McKinley Elevator project management team.
Manny Romero - Wheelchair lifts - Southern California
Manny has over 16 years of experience handling projects of all sizes. His duties have varied throughout the McKinley product range, from industrial products to his current duties overseeing all of the wheelchair lifts installed in Southern California and Nevada.
Jim Martinez- Elevators - California
Jim has served at McKinley over 5 years as the Service Manager of McKinley Equipment Corporation, where he controlled a department numbering over 30 people. He then opted for a new challenge, and began to work in our elevator division, where he now oversees the elevator project management team. Elevators have provided Jim a place to use his organizational skills and the attention to detail that he exhibited in his previous position.
Ernie Sivero - Elevators - California
Ernie is a licensed elevator technician and brings a wealth of knowledge to the job.
He performs field supervision and site preparedness visits. He performs all the inspection
control and works in training with all the technicians.
Chuck VanderHill - Wheelchair lifts - Southern California
Chuck has a technician background and has grown that into his current supervisory
duties. He is responsible for all job preparation visits and finishes it through the State
of California or City of Los Angeles inspection and permit issuance. Chuck is a licensed
elevator technician in the State and the City of Los Angeles.
Brad Byrd - Wheelchair lifts - Northern California
Brad oversees all the installations and service work performed in Northern California.
He is capable of doing the work himself, but also supervises and performs the job site pre-installation visits. He then attends the inspections and gets the final permit approved by the governing agency.
Mark Ballentine – Elevators – Northern California
Mark’s responsibility is correctly evaluating elevator jobsites and supervising the installation of the elevators and dumbwaiters in Northern California. His natural mechanical ability and experience in the field brings excellent problem solving to any jobsite situation.