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OUR TEAM

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." 

--Andrew Carnegie

Allan Cook

President​​

As the president of Alco Building Solutions, Inc. (ABS) I would like to give you a little background on our company, sharing some of our values and our commitment to the community as well. ABS started in 1995 as ALCO ELECTRIC and became an "Electrical & General Construction" firm in 2004, incorporating that same year.

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Safety, craftsmanship, integrity, technical knowledge and collaboration are values that we consider important within our business. We have been fortunate to positively impact many people and communities in our work. It's humbling to be contributing to those around us, doing something within an industry that we are so passionate about.

 

Since our inception, our firm has completed numerous projects in the fields of Electrical (commercial, industrial, institutional and large residential), General Construction, EV Charging Infrastructure, Facility Maintenance, and Energy Services. In putting our values to practice, I have served as a Chairperson for Rebuilding Together (2001-2006), Economic Development Commissioner (1/06/2004-12/31/2007) with the City of Duarte,CA, and I have served on the "Route 66 Parade" committee for over 10 years as well. I have also served as the President of the Duarte, CA Elks Lodge. We live out our values through our actions... It's that simple.

Joshua Veblen, LC

Principal​​

Josh uses his extensive industry knowledge to collaborate in helping customers conceptualize, design, finance, and implement general construction, tenant improvement, energy optimization and sustainability projects throughout the west coast. Josh’s technical strength is complimented by stellar communication skills allowing him to easily translate customer needs into technical guidelines providing leadership for our internal teams, and clients.

 

Throughout his career, he has developed and implemented a variety of construction, energy optimization and sustainability projects with warehouse/distribution, food processing, healthcare, K12, higher education, manufacturing, municipal, and federal government customers, including many national accounts.

 

Prior to joining ABS, Josh was employed as the Business Unit Manager with SmartWatt Energy overseeing all west coast operations. Josh is also an award-winning manager/leader, and has been recognized for this skill set from all prior employers.

Robert Rizzo

Director - Transportation Technology

Robert Rizzo has over 24 years of extensive business experience in the battery electric vehicle industry. As Director at ABS, Robert is responsible for business development and current deployment of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in and throughout the United States. Prior to recent experience with EVgo, Robert was responsible for all Southwest Airlines material handling activities across the Country.

 

Robert served in the Director of Field Service role with Ecotality, where he directed, led and developed many of the requirements for the field installation & deployment of 13,200 electric vehicle charging stations assets to support the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded “EV Project”, which encompassed new EVSE installation across the Country as well. This specific project was a $230M DOE project, with the intent to deploy and analyze data collected from vehicles and EV charging infrastructure.

 

While working 12 years at Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation, Robert managed the field operation activities for over 6200 Off-Road Fast Charging assets for Mini-Charger. Robert has also participated in many other research and development projects for the US Department of Energy. Most notable are Hydrogen/Natural Gas CO-Generation fueling infrastructure, battery vehicle technology testing and evaluation, advanced technology smart grid applications, Alternating Current and Direct Current Level 2 and Level 3 Fast Charging product developments.

Kris Kimble

Business Development Manager

Twenty seven years of professional experience has provided a broad base from which to offer leadership, business development expertise as well as collaboration, consulting and advice to other business leaders. A passion for efficiency, formal training and certification combine in a unique and pragmatic approach to planning, problem solving and results.

Specialties: Understanding a wide range of industry (Academics, Workforce Development, Building Owners/Managers, Architectural/Design, Government & Business) needs to plan, meet mandates, and establish meaningful policy for performance and change.