Team Sierra
Joseph Caracappa - President
Joseph Caracappa - President
Joseph Caracappa - President
Joe, a graduate of Stonybrook University has been with the company since inception in 2004. As the company's President and Chief Executive Officer, Joe has over 30 years experience in the vertical transportation industry. Sierra is one of the leading consulting companies within our region, which is attributed to Joe's leadership, expertise, and professionalism.
Kenneth Seiferth III
Joseph Caracappa - President
Joseph Caracappa - President
Ken, a graduate of Marist College has been with the company since 2012, has over 20 years experience in the vertical transportation industry. His knowledge and technical understanding has been an asset to our company and you our client. His responsibilities include field site visits, approving drawings and project management.
Paul DeMatteis
Joseph Caracappa - President
Paul DeMatteis
Paul, a graduate of Binghamton University has been with the company since inception in 2004. His knowledge and understanding of the client's needs is extremely important when preparing bid documents and project specifications. Paul oversees the office as a whole and is mainly responsible for preparing modernization and maintenance specifications and project oversight and management.
Jo Ann Caracappa
Jo Ann Caracappa
Jo Ann Caracappa
Jo Ann, a graduate of Dowling College has been with the company since inception in 2004. Her responsibilities include managing the company's finances, human resources, IT and software development.
Tom Kemp
Jo Ann Caracappa
Jo Ann Caracappa
Tom has been with the company since 2008. His responsibilities include managing the field inspectors/witnesses and scheduling of the category tests on an annual basis.
Roshni Seelall
Jo Ann Caracappa
Roshni Seelall
Roshni, a graduate of CUNY Baruch College has been with the company since 2010. Her responsibilities include new business development, project oversight/management, and scheduling our field consultants.
Donna Prudenti
Donna Prudenti
Donna Prudenti
Donna has been with the company since 2009. Her responsibilities include overseeing receiving mobile app alerts from the field inspectors and accepting category testing inspection results, which are then sent to elevator companies and clients. She tracks the inspections on DOBNOW for compliance and facilitates client payments on their behalf.
Krystin Ruiz
Donna Prudenti
Donna Prudenti
Krystin has been with the company since 2014. Her responsibilities include expediting, violations, DOBNOW compliance, creating and tracking proposals, project oversight and management.
Vanesa Castano
Donna Prudenti
Vanesa Castano
Vanesa, a graduate of Briarcliff College has been with the company since 2013. Her responsibilities include creating and tracking client proposals, door lock monitoring and project management.
Noretta Ally
Christina Bostanian
Christina Bostanian
Noretta, a graduate of New York City College of Technology, has been with the company since 2015. Her responsibilities include receiving mobile app alerts from the field inspectors and accepting category testing inspection results, which are then sent to elevator companies and clients. She tracks inspections on DOBNOW for compliance.
Christina Bostanian
Christina Bostanian
Christina Bostanian
Christina, a graduate of CUNY Hunter College has been with the company since 2020. Her responsibilities include receiving mobile app alerts from the field inspectors and accepting category testing inspection results, which are then sent to elevator companies and clients. She tracks inspections on DOBNOW for compliance.
Gladys Argueta
Christina Bostanian
Gladys Argueta
Gladys, a graduate of CUNY Queens College has been with the company since 2019. Her responsibilities include project management and oversight on modernization projects once the project has been awarded to an elevator contractor. She communicates with client and vendor to help facilitate materials are chosen and ordered for projected sta
Gladys, a graduate of CUNY Queens College has been with the company since 2019. Her responsibilities include project management and oversight on modernization projects once the project has been awarded to an elevator contractor. She communicates with client and vendor to help facilitate materials are chosen and ordered for projected start date. She will manage the project through completion, which includes approving payment applications.
James Breslin
Anthony Marchese
James Breslin
James, a graduate of West Virginia University has been with the company since 2019. His responsibilities include maintenance bid packages and project management.
Jay Nolan
Anthony Marchese
James Breslin
Jay recently rejoined our company to pursue his wishes to be a consultant. He brings extensive knowledge to our firm and is a welcomed addition. His responsibilities include field site visits to evaluate elevator equipment and/or issues and modernization project oversight and management
Anthony Marchese
Anthony Marchese
Anthony Marchese
Anthony has been with the company since 2017. His responsibilities include field site visits to evaluate elevator equipment and/or issues and modernization project oversight and management, with a specialty in controllers.
Field Staff
Greg Yakstis; Jeff Grieves; Rick Partenza; Robert Arpaio; Bob Daly; John DeTurris; Ernie Smith;
Ravindra Komar; Tony Artim; Frank Artim; Richard DeBobes; Roopnerine Persaud
Each of our field inspectors/witnesses hold a NYC DOB inspector's license.