Serving the Chicagoland area for over 100 years.
Management Team
There are numerous employees at Grand-Kahn. The average employee has been with the company over twelve years which greatly adds to the reliability and experience offered to our customers. This fact also ensures only the highest quality installation and limits callback and punch list items.
Jim Gallagher
Jim has over thirty years experience in the electrical construction industry, including fifteen years as president of Grand-Kahn Electric. Jim's business degree and supervising electrician's licenses provide a management background with a strong technical ability.
Jim is past president of the Chicago Electrical Estimators Association and has served on the Building Owners and Managers Association Code Committee. Currently, Jim sits on the Executive Committee of the Electrical Contractors Association and is a Trustee for the Electrical Joint Apprentice Training Trust.
Jim's work in the Electrical Construction Industry has been honored with a Technical Achievement Award from Mayor Richard M. Daley and a Sterling Achievement Award from the Electrical Contractors Association.
Bryan Gallagher
Jim has over thirty years experience in the electrical construction industry, including fifteen years as president of Grand-Kahn Electric. Jim's business degree and supervising electrician's licenses provide a management background with a strong technical ability.
Jim is past president of the Chicago Electrical Estimators Association and has served on the Building Owners and Managers Association Code Committee. Currently, Jim sits on the Executive Committee of the Electrical Contractors Association and is a Trustee for the Electrical Joint Apprentice Training Trust.
Jim's work in the Electrical Construction Industry has been honored with a Technical Achievement Award from Mayor Richard M. Daley and a Sterling Achievement Award from the Electrical Contractors Association.
Jim O'Toole
Jim is a second generation employee at Grand Kahn Electric. He began his apprenticeship with Local 134 in 1979. Since then Jim has worked his way through the ranks of journeyman, foreman, general foreman, project manager, and estimator gaining valuable experience along the way.
Jim's projects include an eleven year stay at LaSalle Bank where he managed construction project's as well as day to day management for the voice data department. Jim has various training in estimation and holds certifications as a BICSI technician.
Jim is currently in charge of the estimating department, while also handling project and facility management.
Rich Rottinger
Rich Rottinger brings 20 years of industry training and expertise. He began his career as an electrician, where he gained first hand experience in both residential and commercial electrical applications. The last eight years he has focused on commercial project management. During that time his work helped change the skyline of Chicago, leading the electrical build-outs on 840 Lake Shore Drive and 800 North Michigan Avenue. His imprint didn't stop there. He managed numerous high profile building throughout Chicago where his expertise supports the scope of work from ground to finished buildout.
Rich is committed to delivering the highest quality product while efficiently managing labor and costs.