Joseph Riccillo

VP, El Paso Regional Director

A trusted leader with more than 27 years of experience, Joseph has been directing Sundt’s El Paso office since 2013. He is deeply invested in the El Paso community and has established himself as a trusted advisor to clients and subcontractors alike. In his time with Sundt, Riccillo has amassed over $750 million in project experience and over $1 billion in his career. This experience includes work in governmental and municipal, K-12, higher education, light industrial, mission critical and affordable housing market sectors. Riccillo graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. He is a member of the United States Green Building Council and co-founder of USGBC Texas where he represented West Texas for seven years on the State Board of Directors, has been an accredited Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 20 years and a designated design-build professional (DBIA) and a LEED accredited professional (LEED AP). Joe also was a past chairman on the Landmark Commission, served on the Big Brothers Big Sisters board of directors for over a decade, and currently sits on the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief board, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as well as being the Vice President for the Sundt Foundation.

Tell us about your favorite KAPBCS moment.

My current favorite KAPBCS moment was coming full circle and receiving the call that we had been awarded the UTEP Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace project. We spent some time winning the trust of the university and establishing ourselves as trusted advisors, so that call is a definite highlight. The project also led to teaching at UTEP, which was surreal because my father was a professor at the school for over 20 years of his career.

Why did you choose to work in the construction industry?

To me it seemed the construction industry chose me. I had been interviewing for electrical engineering positions both at Hewlett Packard and JPL, where I had spent a summer during college. After spending a whole day at JPL and interviewing in multiple departments, I didn’t like the working environment cubicle that seemed to be at every office (and it was really quiet). I chose to not work in that environment and out of desperation (months later) took a job designing low voltage systems for an electrical subcontractor. After a few years I took a position with a general contractor working as an electrical QC on a federal project. I was totally hooked after that. I learned scheduling and ultimately acquired my master’s degree so I could understand everything about accounting and financials and how it impacted project management.

Share a couple of your favorite hobbies.

I love audio books and learning about the brain, building anything (furniture, guitars and most recently, a watch!), working out and spending time with my boys. I also love to listen and play (as horrible as it may be) music!

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Joseph Riccillo

VP, El Paso Regional Director

A trusted leader with more than 27 years of experience, Joseph has been directing Sundt’s El Paso office since 2013. He is deeply invested in the El Paso community and has established himself as a trusted advisor to clients and subcontractors alike. In his time with Sundt, Riccillo has amassed over $750 million in project experience and over $1 billion in his career. This experience includes work in governmental and municipal, K-12, higher education, light industrial, mission critical and affordable housing market sectors. Riccillo graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso where he received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. He is a member of the United States Green Building Council and co-founder of USGBC Texas where he represented West Texas for seven years on the State Board of Directors, has been an accredited Project Management Professional (PMP) for over 20 years and a designated design-build professional (DBIA) and a LEED accredited professional (LEED AP). Joe also was a past chairman on the Landmark Commission, served on the Big Brothers Big Sisters board of directors for over a decade, and currently sits on the Kelly Center for Hunger Relief board, the El Paso Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as well as being the Vice President for the Sundt Foundation.

Tell us about your favorite KAPBCS moment.

My current favorite KAPBCS moment was coming full circle and receiving the call that we had been awarded the UTEP Advanced Manufacturing and Aerospace project. We spent some time winning the trust of the university and establishing ourselves as trusted advisors, so that call is a definite highlight. The project also led to teaching at UTEP, which was surreal because my father was a professor at the school for over 20 years of his career.

Why did you choose to work in the construction industry?

To me it seemed the construction industry chose me. I had been interviewing for electrical engineering positions both at Hewlett Packard and JPL, where I had spent a summer during college. After spending a whole day at JPL and interviewing in multiple departments, I didn’t like the working environment cubicle that seemed to be at every office (and it was really quiet). I chose to not work in that environment and out of desperation (months later) took a job designing low voltage systems for an electrical subcontractor. After a few years I took a position with a general contractor working as an electrical QC on a federal project. I was totally hooked after that. I learned scheduling and ultimately acquired my master’s degree so I could understand everything about accounting and financials and how it impacted project management.

Share a couple of your favorite hobbies.

I love audio books and learning about the brain, building anything (furniture, guitars and most recently, a watch!), working out and spending time with my boys. I also love to listen and play (as horrible as it may be) music!