Donald Gelestino

About Donald Gelestino

DECO ELEVATOR
8-8-1986 - 7-01-1993
1986 Began in the elevator business as a helper. 1989 was upgraded to mechanic. 1992 - 1993 Performed all supervising, troubleshooting, and engineering.

VER-TECH ELEVATOR CO., INC
7-01-1993 – 6-01-2010
Founder and President of the company which remained in effect until 6-01-2010 when the company was sold to United Technologies Corporation. At that time the company employed over 125 people and had over 2400 elevators on monthly maintenance and time and material basis

UNITEC / VER-TECH ELEVATOR
6-01-2010 – 6-01-2013
Mr. Gelestino headed the merger of Unitec and Ver-Tech with the UTC team. This included real estate location and buildout, headcount and strategy, IT integration, HR integration, policy and culture integration, route analyzation, repair and maintenance integration, modernization WIP integration.

CHAMPION ELEVATOR CORP.
9-01-2015 – PRESENT (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT)

LEADERSHIP

National Association of Elevator Contractors Member Since 1996. Current Vice President
Cross County Savings Bank Board of Director
The Maurer Foundation Board Member & Golf Committee Chair
SUNY Old Westbury Trustee & Board Member
Molloy College 2018 Golf Committee Member
Friends of Saint Dominic’s 2018 Leadership Honoree and Recipient
Elevator Conference Of New York Member Since 1993
Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce Member Since 2010 & Current Vice president