People
Announcement of Merger
Don Gelestino is a native Long Island Entrepreneur.
In 1986 he began his career in the elevator industry. In
1993 he created Ver-Tech Elevator Co., Inc. which
became one of the largest independent elevator
companies in the NY Tri-State area.
In 2010 Mr. Gelestino sold Ver-Tech to United
Technologies (UTC/UTX on the exchange), which at the
time of acquisition was servicing 2,468 elevators in NYC
on a monthly basis. Donald Gelestino along with his
former CFO Mr. Gary Winkler brokered the deal between
UTC and Ver-Tech. They performed due diligence
themselves while UTC retained Price Water House.
In 2012 Mr. Gelestino was also tasked to help head a
merge / integration of two UTC owned companies
Unitec & Ver-Tech which would result in a 60mil+ per
year service business consisting of over 4,326 units.
Mr. Gelestino currently provides business consulting
services as SITO Business Advisors.
Some of the specialty services he can help you with are:
• Financial Development & Cash Flow Forecasting
• Market Analysis - Branding & Marketing
• Corporate Structuring & Restructuring
• Creating Optimum Exit Strategies
• Operation Expansion or Infrastructure Solutions
• Business Analysis / Due Diligence
• Company Valuation / Go-To-Market Execution
Donald Gelestino
516-593-0557 • 646-207-8517
[email protected]
BOOKKEEPERS IN A BOX, INC, Formally known as
GOTT MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC
Back in November of 2013 a meeting of the minds took
place with Neal O’ Doherty, President of Bookkeepers
in a box and Deirdrea Renwick from Gott Management
Services. Together Neal and Deirdrea have over 50 years
of experience serving all of Long Island and the Metro
areas. After Much consideration of our common goals,
missions and synergies to be derived, we are pleased to
announce that as of January 1st, 2014 we have combined
our talents and merged our company’s together. It was
mutually decided to use BOOKKKEEPERS in a BOX as
its company name going forward as it clearly states
what we do as a business. This Merger will allow us to
broaden our service offerings and improve customer
service to our clients.
Bookkeepers in a Box provides services to a variety of
business industries including medical, construction,
distribution, professional and retail establishments. We
offer on site and Off Bookkeeping, accounting, controllers
and accounting software. To learn more about how we can
serve you,
Please visit our website at www. Bookkeepersinabox.com.
Deirdrea said “it is a real honor to serve the staff, clients and
associates of our combined companies and looks forward
to what new opportunities this venture will bring.”
Our office is easy to find as we are centrally located in
the village of Farmingdale at
640 Fulton St Suite 9 Farmingdale, NY 11735.
516-586-6909 • [email protected]
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