Our Team

To best serve our clients, Tom is a Master Electrician dedicated to his profession. Tom keeps himself and his staff current with electrical codes and new trends in the field through constant training and memberships in organizations like Lehigh Valley Builder’s Association, International Association of Electrical Inspectors, as well as many Occupational Advisory and Local Advisory Committees.

Tom is a member of the Electrical Contractors of the Lehigh Valley, where he has been the President for the last 6 years. Tom also works closely with the local Career Institute of Technology (CIT) where he serves as a substitute teacher and mentor to aspiring electricians. Because of this relationship Tom is fortunate to be able to hire students from the co-op program while they are still in high school; many of whom have eventually graduated and stayed with his company for a number of years. In 2012 Tom was awarded the Friend of Education Award for his work with the CIT.

When he is not working, Tom enjoys training in martial arts, working with his church’s youth group and spending time with his wife and 4 young daughters. Some of his favorite activities include supporting his daughters at dance, martial arts and gymnastic events.

Getting Started

As a sophomore at Notre Dame High School, I was able to register to attend Easton Vo-Tech School on Kesslersville Road. At that time, I wanted to be in the Electronics Class. My hope was to fix televisions, VCR’s and other electronic items…can you believe at that time, VCRs were popular! The teacher was very good, and I had a lot of respect for Mr. Dinaro, but I didn’t have the maturity needed for that class and I knew it was time to move on.

When I looked to transfer from the electronics class, I thought it made sense to enroll in the Culinary Arts class because my mom owned The Front Porch in Nazareth. It was a small-town bar & kitchen that I was working in after school. Unfortunately, the class was full at that time. My advisor recommended joining Electrical Construction. He told me that he didn’t know what they teach in there, but the name sounds similar to the Electronics Class I was looking to leave. So, that is exactly what I did.

Shortly after entering Mr. Chuck Snyder’s class, we were working on installing lights on the entrance sign to the school off Kesslersville Road. We dug a trench, installed underground conduit, pulled the wires, and made all of the terminations. After the job was completed one of the students was instructed to turn the power on and there it was…. the lights came on!

It was at that moment that I felt like it was such an accomplishment to have been a part of that! I think what impressed me the most was that by the work of our crew, when someone was driving down that dark road, they would be able to find the school’s entrance easier. I was hooked!

In 1985, the school year before I would graduate, I lost my mom. We sold the bar & restaurant and moved to Allentown. I ended up graduating from Dieruff High School in 1987. I then worked in the kitchen at some local restaurants trying to figure out how to get my start in my career.

I answered an ad in the local newspaper (Long before the internet!) for a construction position at a local billboard company, Adams Outdoor Advertising. I arrived at the interview and filled out a job application where I listed my schooling in the electrical class. I was so scrawny and I’m pretty sure the operations manager looked at me and decided I would never be able to do the work that was required to install billboard panels. For the record, they are 14-feet tall and when all connected, 48-feet long! All made from wood – it was heavy!

After three weeks I received a call From Bob Gelsinger, the operations manager at Adams at that time. He asked me about my electrical experience and explained that their electrician was moving on and that they were looking for someone to take his place. He asked if I was interested in the position. Of course, I was interested!

I started working at Adams Outdoor Advertising located in Bethlehem, PA. Adams Outdoor owns and maintains most of the billboards along our highways and is a large national company. Shortly after I was hired and trained, I was made the company electrician. I oversaw roughly 200 billboard locations from as far East as New Village, New Jersey to Windsor Township by Cabela’s. I went as far south as Sellersville and up north to Stroudsburg. As an Adams employee I learned a lot about how a successful company was run.

As years went by, my friends and family would ask me to do small electrical projects around their homes. The projects continued to get larger and larger. I had never intended to start my own business, but people talk, and word got around. I showed up early and kept to any deadlines. The fact that I cleaned up afterwards left a huge impression too!

Bob always knew of my business and was very supportive of me as I worked nights and weekends to establish a customer base. I worked for Adams Outdoor for seven years!

Just after my 25^th birthday, I was on the phone with a friend who asked me how I was doing and if I was busy at work. Tim, my friend, must have heard something in my voice and asked me what was wrong. I told him that nothing was wrong, I was just bored. What he said next changed the course of my professional life. He asked me when I was going to do it. When was I going to leave my comfort zone and my guaranteed paycheck to start my own business? As much as that question scared me to death, I also felt invigorated and motivated at the same time.

In 1988, I decided it was time to leave my safety net and go out on my own and that, as they say, is how it all began!