Mckinley Elevators
Mckinley Elevators

About Us

Sales Team
Experience is the key to quality sales assistance and McKinley excels throughout California and Nevada. Our consultants are product dedicated and knowledgeable after years of service, training and learning. They focus on the marketplace and the products offered there. Their efforts are not diluted having to handle installation and other implementation problems as well. They focus totally on providing the right product for the needs of our customers. Each is based directly in their marketing area, allowing McKinley to be your local representative with roots in the community.

Team Member Bios


Mike Burke - Residential Elevators - Southern California

Mike has been involved with residential elevators for over 15 years. His knowledge and abilities in assisting design make him a valuable part of any team. He has been involved in all aspects of an elevator installations, which again adds to the value of his involvement in any project. Mike calls Santa Clarita home but is involved statewide to make sure all projects go in smoothly. He also has experience in the other areas of McKinley Elevator, such as wheelchair lifts, stairchairs, dumbwaiters, and specialty elevators.

Randy Weiler - Wheelchair lifts - Southern California

Randy has been designing and advising clients on wheelchair lifts for over 15 years. He started with the toughest of lifts, inclined wheelchair lifts exclusively and then progressed to the full line of vertical and inclined wheelchair lifts. His aggressive approach to tackling any project provides the positive strength needed in this highly regulated area of business. Randy knows the pitfalls and can steer any project to completion with a minimum of changes. Located in Orange County, he travels throughout all of Southern California and has been instrumental in major projects like Angel Stadium, Padres Stadium, Kodak Theatre, Air Force One, and many more.

Lars Bigelow- Stairchair - Los Angeles and Orange County

Lars is our expert in Southern California for stairchairs, sometimes called stairway elevators. His talents run the full range in covering the needs of his customers. The best testament to his ability is that most of his sales come from referrals from existing customers. He is ready to run as needed and makes calls on weekends and nights. He even does a little repair and maintenance as needed as he checks on clients to be sure their lifts are working properly. The purchase is just the start of the relationship to Lars. Anyone can sell and ship, but Lars adds the security of local service and immediate responses to concerns that is priceless.

Eric Ashbrook – Residentail lifts and Stairchairs – North Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego County

Eric is the newest to the list of McKinley Elevator sales Representatives. He brings his competitive background of collegiate baseball into the residential marketplace for stairchairs and home wheelchair lifts. He is factory trained and brings his enthusiasm and alert eye for details to this new profession.

Scott Moon - Wheelchair lifts – Southern California

Scott has served as Service Manager for Elevators for the first few months of his employment, where he performed extremely well in a difficult situation. He brings a strong people skill background to his profession change and has studied hard to become an accomplished professional. He is concentrating on the architectural design area and customer service area.

Isaac Guerra - Residential elevators and wheelchair lifts - San Francisco, Peninsula and Monterey County

Isaac has dedicated his focus to the residential marketplace and individual homeowners. He had years of experience in both the commercial and industrial marketplaces before shifting into the residential market many years ago. By focusing on the homeowner, he can offer several options to alleviate the accessibility problems that can arise for various reasons. Isaac's dedication to his customer's needs and his attention to detail helps the completed project meet the goals and desires.

Tom Sena - Residential lifts and stair chairs - Northern California

Tom brings 25 years of general contracting know-how as he comes into the accessibility industry. He has several years experience now in the residential marketplace and has shown his ability to master the details of stairchairs and residential elevators. He especially enjoys the stairchair marketplace, working in the home helping people in need and the rewards he gets when they take their first trip up the stairs with ease. Tom also can assist in the evaluation of the home structure when considering an residential elevator into an existing home. It won't be just sales talk from this former GC. His follow-up is second to none and he does what he says.

In Memorium - Neil Chaitin - 1928 - 2010

Neil was the statesman of accessibility lifts in Northern California for over 25 years. He was a stalwart in San Francisco for decades in the commercial, industrial, and then residential marketplaces. He ran his own successful company for many years and then enjoyed serving through involvement in the accessibility industry. He served on the national A18 Wheelchair Lift Code committee that wrote wheelchair lift codes and was involved intimately in California code compliance rules and regulations. Wheelchair lifts were his specialty, selling more lifts than anyone else in California over the years.

Vince McNeil - Residential elevators and wheelchair lifts - Bay Area and Central Valley

Vince brings a wealth of experience in home elevators to his customers. He has learned his lessons well and has been serving the Bay Area since the '90s. His focus is always to freely inform his customers of their options and the positives and negatives of those options. He has served both the residential and commercial markets, but prefers to concentrate residentially where he feels he can make a difference. His knowledge and experience makes him a strong partner to any project you might have.