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Christopher Siegel, President

Chris has spent over twenty years growing and managing different businesses. He has grown them from the ground up, along with the development of different management teams. Chris has an expansive knowledge of the Contracting Business, which allows him to lead the team at Keystone effectively. With his background in business administration, financing, designing management teams, and his entrepreneurial approach, Chris has built a more than solid foundation for his business career. He is continuously looking to reinvent niche business opportunities and build his teams to increase sales volume and profitability in the current businesses he manages. Over the last decade, Chris and his team have built Keystone Utility Systems into a National Metering Installation Contracting Business that operates in more than thirty states across the continental United States. Within the last few years, Keystone has been able to add more utility services to its growing footprint in the industry.

Kevin Callahan, Vice President

Kevin has an education from Penn State in Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) and fifteen years of management experience in AMI/AMR, ten of which have been with Keystone Utility Systems. He subsequently has three years of hands-on experience guiding crews and personally installing AMI/AMR devices, residential meters, commercial meters, performing meter accuracy tests, and testing backflow systems. In past years, Kevin has directed projects ranging in size from localized 1,200 customer systems to multi-county projects of 100,000 meters or greater. As a crew manager and director, he has guided the field installation of hundreds of thousands of meters, ranging in size from 5/8”-12″. He also developed and implemented a call center database system tailored specifically for managing accounts involved in AMI/AMR upgrades using SQL and Access. In addition, Kevin held a Backflow Certification from the American Society of Sanitary Engineering, attained his Applied Analytical Chemistry Certification in Water Analysis, and had a Master Plumbers License in WY. His extensive work history, coupled with a deep understanding of the industry’s latest technology and a knack for innovative problem-solving in the field, makes him a critical figure in the Smart-Meter era.

Keith Coolbaugh, Director of Operations

Keith Coolbaugh is the Director of Operations with Keystone Utility Systems. He has been with Keystone since the company’s inception and brings a combined 25 years of experience in project and service management to our team. His combination of expertise in these fields makes him a well-rounded and confident leader in the AMR/AMI metering industry. His problem-solving skills and proficiency in implementing field processes help drive projects to success while outperforming other companies in all measurable KPIs.  His hands-on approach to customers in the utility industry allows him to develop these processes with the unique needs of the utility in mind. Keith also owns and operates a 65-acre Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm. The Christmas tree farm has been in operation for over 80 years and has been selling trees to the local community for 75 years. This sustainable, feel good, renewables operation is a labor of love, and the family takes pride in preserving its legacy for future generations.

Shantel Altemose, Call Center Manager/Customer Service Director

For over a decade, Shantel has worked for KUS in the AMI industry coordinating project efforts between the utility, their customers, and the team members in the field. She manages the processes that allow us to set appointments with customers directly and works to keep our field team at pace for project success. Her team of professional AMI/AMR customer service representatives is available for your project. The long list of Shantel’s responsibilities includes fielding outgoing/incoming calls, coordinating field schedules, providing QA/QC oversight, routing team members for efficiency, building call scripts for projects, and working directly with the utility managers to ensure the message to your customers is uniform and in line with the project scope and details. In addition to her work accolades, she is a life-long resident of our native NEPA area, the proud mom of two fantastic young men, and enjoys making the space in which she works comfortable for all her team members.

Chris Motta, Senior Project Coordinator

Chris, being a Mississippi resident, brings southern charm to our team and specializes in detailed project coordination from deployment to substantial completion. Chris’s seven-year tenure in the industry, coupled with his progression from a field team member to a project coordinator, equips him with dynamic industry expertise that sets him apart and enables him to excel in his role. Over the last three years he has managed jobs nationally, while still staying close to projects in the south. As a project coordinator, he is tasked with assisting in bid proposals, meetings, report generation, and coordination of all that is required to keep a project going. Project efficiency starts with planning and coordinating. The project coordinator starts their work before a project begins and continues to assist with all stages of a project to ensure KUS’ success and efficiency isn’t derailed by a minor issue along the way. He is also responsible for hiring and project staffing by making employment ads and conducting interviews. He has industry experience with many types of WOMS (Work Order Management Systems), where data is critical and makes sure the project is running efficiently. Chris Motta is often the first and last person to interact with a project and has a level of professionalism and keen industry knowledge that helps keep your utility project on task.

Bob Romanczuk, Chief Controller

– In the last six years, Bob has worked his way into a position of accountability for the entire KUS team. He creates daily/weekly/monthly KPI reports that allow our whole company to review the success of their decisions on both a micro and macro level. In conjunction with this, he is also responsible for filing and keeping up with all certified payroll, prevailing wage, invoice, and project pipeline reporting. Bob’s AMI/AMR industry experience means that he can work with a multitude of industry professionals across states and projects to help keep KUS in compliance with regulations and labor laws. He also provides accountability for our team by managing vehicle fleets, credit card and fuel card reconciliation, W-4 and 1099 processes, and labor COGS analysis. The only thing sharper than Bob’s skills as a financial analyst, are his skills from behind the pool cue. Bob is an avid player of billiards and has competed in tournaments across the US.

Projects Team

The KUS Projects Team overlooks all projects to be sure that every project is getting equal allocation of resources to be run at maximum effectiveness and efficiency. Members of the Projects Team meet weekly to discuss active topics and concerns about project details. Every member of the Team can be reached via email projects@keystoneutilities.com.

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Seana Schweizer, Executive Assistant

Zoe Psolka, Administrative Supervisor, Junior Accountant

Jim Birch, Director of Project Development

Josh Tuner, Hiring Manager

Ryan Petrucci, Project Coordinator

Chase Yochem, Project Coordinator

Megan Romero, Assistant Officer Manager

Michelle Mushinski, Quality Control Specialist

James Higgins, Management Consultant

Frank Lavelle, Senior Project Manager

Bill Balascio, Project Manager

Kyler Payne, Project Manager

Drew Hett, Project Manager

Zach Breyel, Project Manager

David Randolph, Project Manager