Our Team

JOHN MCKINSTRY, Presidentrgcs_award

Education/Training/Certifications

  • Active “Q” DOE Cleared
  • NM EE 98 and NM GB98
  • State of New Mexico Journeyman Certified—JE98-Journeyman Electrician
  • Occupational Safety and Health 30 hour OSHA Certified
  • IBEW—JATC Electrical Apprenticeship Program
  • Competent Person Certified—Trenching & Excavation
  • Competent Person Certified—Confined Space
  • 3-M Power Cable Assembly Certified
  • Panduit Network Cabling Systems (CAT 5 terminations)
  • CPR / First Aid Certified
  • United States Army Veteran

Relevant Experience

John McKinstry is the Chief Operating Officer and President of RGCS.  With over 22 years of experience in the electrical industry, his primary role is to lead corporate level business development resources in expanding company revenue streams to meet growth objectives.  McKinstry is responsible for developing a yearly strategy to drive the company’s business development plan to reach and establish relationships to ensure that projects pursued, along with ongoing work, provide opportunity for profitability required to meet yearly forecasts.

ERNIE SHRADER, Project Manager

Education/Training/Certifications

  • Q Clearance—DOE  (Active)
  • State of New Mexico Journeyman Certificate—JE98 – Journeyman Electrician/ 1995
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) General Employee Trained (GET)
  • Security Awareness comprehensive briefing for clearance
  • LANL Lockout/Tagout Trained
  • OSHA 10 Hour Trained
  • Fall protection Trained
  • HAZCOM Trained
  • Confined Space Trained
  • Forklift Safety Trained
  • QMP Trained
  • Ladder Safety Trained
  • CPR/First Aid Trained

Relevant Experience

Ernie Shrader is currently a Project Manager for work performed in Northern New Mexico.  He has worked in this capacity for over eight years.  Mr. Shrader has 25 years’ experience working in electrical construction, maintenance, communications and control wiring installation applications.  His spectrum of experience includes commercial, industrial and residential work in the private industry and government installations, including DOD and DOE.  He has an extensive amount of experience supervising with responsibilities, including project oversight / management, scheduling, material management, quality assurance and safety management.  His primary roles and responsibilities include oversight in all aspects of project management from project initiation to closeout.  Mr. Shrader has developed project plans that includes; detailed work breakdown structures, cost and schedule risk mitigation, application of both standard and non-standard requirements, oversight that included inspections, surveillance and audits, and management of subcontractors.

MATT THOMAS, Project Manager

Education/Training/Certifications

  • L Clearance—DOE  (Active)
  • State of New Mexico Journeyman Certificate—JG – Journeyman Gas Fitter #374404
  • State of New Mexico Journeyman Certificate—JPF – Journeyman Pipe Fitter #382967
  • Security Awareness comprehensive briefing for clearance
  • Lockout/Tagout Trained
  • OSHA 10 Hour Trained
  • HAZCOM Trained
  • Confined Space Trained
  • Ladder Safety Trained
  • CPR/First Aid Trained

Relevant Experience

Matt Thomas is currently a Project Manager for work performed at Sandia National Laboratories.  He has worked in this capacity for over two years.  Mr. Thomas has 15 years’ experience working in mechanical construction and maintenance applications.  His spectrum of experience includes commercial, industrial and residential work in the private industry and government installations, including DOD and DOE.  He has an extensive amount of experience supervising with responsibilities, including project oversight / management, scheduling, material management, quality assurance and safety management.  His primary roles and responsibilities include oversight in all aspects of project management from project initiation to closeout.  Mr. Thomas has oversight that includes inspections, surveillance and audits, and management of subcontractors.

JENNIFER BARAJAS, Business Development Manager

Education/Training/Certifications

  • Business Administration Studies—CNM Community College Albuquerque, NM
  • Business Administration Studies—University of New Mexico (UNM), Albuquerque, NM
  • Society of Human Resources Training—UNM Continuing Education Department

Relevant Experience

Jennifer Barajas’ serves as the Project Development Manager for RGCS.  Her primary role is to perform paraprofessional engineering work involving construction project coordination/management, plan and review engineering records and maintain the installation status of contracted systems.  Ms. Barajas has over 15 years of experience in the construction industry both in the field and in the office.  She communicates with internal/external related parties to deliver all scope requirements, additionally supporting operations by maintaining budgets, records and completing special projects.