About Us | MelKay

Company History

Founding MelKay.

Melvin Kallenbach founded MelKay back in 1951 with the goal of providing electrical services to businesses in the Tri-State area. Under his leadership, MelKay became one of Southern Indiana’s leading electrical contractors, providing electrical services to many major industrial, commercial, and institutional clients.

Continuing MelKay’s Tradition.

In 2004, Melvin Kallenbach’s daughter, Linda Garrett, assumed the helm of MelKay as president of the company. With more than 30 years of experience in the business and trained by her father, Linda continued the company’s tradition of providing top-quality electrical contracting for the commercial, institutional, and industrial sector.

Becoming an MEP Company.

In 2016, Linda Garrett’s son, Scott Hartig, took over as MelKay’s president. Now, MelKay has grown from an electrical contractor into a full MEP company. In 2018, MelKay added the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) division, and soon after in 2019, iron workers, millwrights, operators, and pipe-fitters were added to our team. Our newest addition has been the plumbing division, which was added in 2020.

Meet Our Team.

Prompt, Proficient, and Professional Service Driven by Experts in the Field.

When you have a project on your hands, you need a team that you can rely on to do the job right. At MelKay, we only hire the best in the industry, so you can rest assured that

the team you work with has both a great reputation and the experience needed to accomplish your project safely and efficiently. Contact us to get started with an estimate.

Operations

Scott Hartig

Chairman | CEO

Chad Thompson

President | Chief Operating Officer

Brian Gower

Vice President | Chief Financial Officer

Joe Colston

Vice President | Electrical Operations

Justin Dowdy

Vice President | Mechanical Operations

Mechanical

Christy Orange

Mechanical | HVAC Dispatcher

Dan Schaefer

Mechanical | Estimator/Project Manager

Drake Dowdy

Mechanical | Estimator/Project Manager

Kevin Smith

Mechanical | Estimator/Project Manager

Logan Willman

Mechanical Piping | Project Manager

Sid Jackson

Mechanical | HVAC Service Manager

Will Landrum

Mechanical | Project Manager

Wyatt Brown

Mechanical | HVAC Account Manager