OUR STORY
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Us In Numbers
$15M
In annual revenue
60+
Self-performing service technicians
7,000+
Customer locations serviced
9
States serviced throughout the northeastern US
20,000+
Work orders completed annually
Established in 1977, brothers Tony and Joe Sestito grew T&J Electrical Associates from a small business out of Tony’s basement to one of the largest electrical contractors in the Northeast. With a specialty in grocery stores, medical building, and other big box construction projects, T&J Electric has long been a leader in the Northeast when it came to commercial electrical contracting.
Joe’s son, Nick joined the company after graduating from high school in 2009 and eventually became a Partner soon before Tony’s retirement. Nick saw there was a growing need for electrical service and maintenance among many existing customers. His focus became growing our virtually non-existent service department from just one service truck to over 50 in just a few short years to meet those needs.
With several existing contracts in place with companies such as Lowe’s, CVS and Walmart at the time, it was clear there was a need for what we had to offer. The rapid growth of our Service Division led us to make the decision to shift our business model away from standard commercial construction to focus on expanding our Service Division. In 2022, we sold our Construction Division to longtime competitor and friend, Gross Electric.
Since making this shift, we have been able to grow our business into new territories and expand our customer base at a record pace. Without major construction projects consuming our bandwidth, we can operate quickly and efficiently to meet our customers’ most critical needs relating to service and maintenance of their facilities.
Today, our team of over 60 self-performing Service Technicians provides top-tier service to over 7,000 customer locations in nine states 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
More important to us than the volume of customers we’ve acquired, however, is the relationships we have developed with them over the years. We pride ourselves on supporting our customers in any way that we can.
Because our customers know they can rely on our electrical services without worry, many have asked us to help with other services outside our typical scope of work. With so many of our customers heavy focus in the retail sector, this often includes commercial kitchen equipment and preventative maintenance.
While this was not something we had done before, we knew it was a critical part of our customers’ success and ultimately, ours. Our Service Technicians soon began getting trained to fix common commercial appliance issues at the request of existing customers such as Chipotle, Starbucks, and Cumberland Farms.
We believe that success comes with a willingness to grow, learn and change to meet the demands of the current market. This mindset and our focus on customers’ needs have led us to continue growing in a new direction with the development of a new division; T&J Appliance Solutions.
In addition to the capable Service Technicians, we count on the support of an increasing number of dedicated office staff, including longtime employee Andrew Wrobel. Recently promoted to the role of VP of Field Operations, Andrew has played a key role in growing the Service Division, managing field operations, and satisfying the influx of customer workorders.
In May 2024, Joe’s younger son (and Nick’s brother) Lucas joined the family business as VP of Business Development to help sustain the added administrative responsibilities that come along with a growing company. With a background in Business Administration, Marketing, and Communications, Lucas also aims to use his experience to expand our reach and strengthen our relationships through advertising and outreach efforts.
In 2023, as our Service Division was quickly growing, it became increasingly difficult to keep up with customer demand without adding to our fleet of service vehicles. As the fleet grew, so did the challenge of retrofitting the vehicles to meet our specific needs.
The extensive wait periods for third party installers were not conducive to the pace at which we needed them, so we decided to do it ourselves! This led to the establishment of Clifton Park Upfit & Lease, which allowed us to not only meet our own upfit needs, but also those of many other companies in the Capital Region.
With so many exciting changes in recent years and the addition of this new division we have decided to restructure our growing family of brands to better align with who we are and what we can do for you.