Family Owned and operated since 2019!

After graduating from Mingus High School in 1997, Shay began his electrical career as an electrical apprentice working on the ground-up construction of a 4-star DoubleTree 220-room hotel in the Village of Oak Creek, AZ (now branded as the Hilton). Shay started this job among a group of 30 other electrical apprentices, quickly climbing to the top. After the completion of the DoubleTree Hotel in 1999, Shay moved to Colorado Springs, CO, to continue pursuing his career as an electrician.

In 2005, Shay passed on his first attempt the difficult Colorado Electrical Journeyman’s examination. He then became the Lead Journeyman for many different electrical jobs and buildouts, including new construction restaurants, large car dealership expansions, retail tenant buildouts, office building tenant improvements, car wash buildouts, lighting retrofits, home construction, and running a team of service electricians.

Shay has a passion for fixing things! Which brought him to opening Verde Elite Electric in 2019 so that he can run things his way and to his standards. VEE has now been voted the greater Verde Valley areas Best Electrical Contractor multiple times. Shay’s work ethic, drive, and skill set have earned him a positive reputation among many Business Owners, General Contractors, other Tradesman, and local government officials. Shay’s wife, Erlisha, runs the office.

Erlisha brings customer service and management experience from both the restaurant industry, working in kitchens—mostly as a Pastry Chef, and a long career as Restorative Dental Assistant before opening VEE with Shay.

After spending more than 2 decades together, Shay and Erlisha are thrilled to have the opportunity to serve this wonderful community they both grew up and now get to raise their 2 children in.