Management

Ron Sacco, President/Project Manager

Ron Sacco

Ron as president of Gateway Construction Services brings over 37 years of construction experience. This knowledge of new construction and improvements to interior and exterior of existing buildings provides our team with a resource for virtually every construction situation. Responsibilities include project sales’ estimating; owner, client and tenant relations, and project management.


Cris Nielsen, Principal/CSO

Cris Nielsen

Cris as CSO of Gateway Construction Services provides and implements common practices and operational procedures though out the company. With a strong belief in customer service Cris has contributed to the growth of our corporate clients through the development of construction services for specific markets and clients. Cris graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate Finance.


Chuck Porter, CFO

Chuck Porter

With 25 years of accounting experience, 18 years in the construction industry, Chuck has worked locally with Bayley Construction, a general contractor, Mckinstry, a mechanical contractor and Colas, a road builder in Alaska. After earning his bachelor’s degree in accounting Chuck worked for a fortune 100 company as an auditor, senior financial analyst and manger of capital. Served as board member for of the Puget Sound Construction Financial Management Association in Seattle, WA.


Jeff Underwood, General Superintendent

Jeff Underwood

Jeff has over 25 year’s trade experience with over 20 years of supervisory experience. Experience includes knowledge in industrial, medical and office tenant improvements as well as ground-up buildings. He joined Gateway in 2001 and has completed over 165 Tenant Improvement projects to date. In addition to his responsibilities as one of our top Superintendents, Jeff has shown excellent leadership in running our field operations. From the first day that Jeff took over the operations we have seen continued improvement in efficiency, employee retainage, safety and overall quality of projects.