New Partners-CEO Insights March 2024

Posted on March 4, 2024

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Please join us in welcoming new CenterState CEO Partner-level members. 

 

160 Driving Academy 

James Sather 

4650 Buckley Road  

Liverpool, NY 13088 

680-697-7160 

www.160drivingacademy.com 

160 Driving Academy is the nation's largest commercial driving school. As 2023’s fastest growing vocational school in the country, the company will train over 35,000 students on how to safely operate a commercial vehicle across its 158 CDL schools across North America. 

 

Drulyk Construction 

Boris Drulyk 

111 South Bay Road 

North Syracuse, NY 13212 

315-378-7171 

www.drulykconstruction.com 

Located in the heart of Central New York, Drulyk Construction is your premiere commercial and industrial contractor in Syracuse. Drulyk Construction is far more than an average general contractor; it’s committed to giving clients the best results and achieve clients’ goal with attention to detail and time management. From plotting the site to the final touches, Drulyk will guide a project through every step of the process—making sure the finished product is a high-quality manifestation of the vision. Drulyk’s skilled craftsmen are some of the best in the area, and they have the experience to tackle any job given. 

 

GuardiCloud 

Kieran McManus 

2 South St., Sit. 407 

Auburn, NY 13021 

315-210-8798 

www.guardicloud.com 

Guardicloud is a premier cybersecurity services and managed IT services provider based in Auburn, New York. It serves all of Central New York. Guardicloud does everything within its power to provide the highest level and layers of protection to help mitigate cybersecurity liability risks as much as possible. Ten years ago, five years ago, even two years ago, I.T. was all about fixing printers and connecting to Wi-Fi. Guardicloud still does that, but what is paramount now is cybersecurity. Just one cyber-attack can put someone out of business overnight. It is Guardicloud’s mission to stop that from happening. 

 

National Fire Adjustment Co., Inc. 

Thomas Niland IV 

7517 Morgan Road 

Liverpool, NY 13090 

315-437-7400 

www.nfa.com 

When suffering a loss, contact a professional NFA adjuster. They are Licensed Public Insurance Adjusters', representing policyholders only. National Fire Adjustment (NFA) Co.’s trained staff includes building estimators, contents estimators and certified public accountants. NFA will assist in claims due to fire, water damage, windstorm, explosion or other insured perils. Seven days a week, NFA is there to serve you. 

 

Orange United-NIL collective 

Mark Hayes 

Syracuse, NY 

www.orangeunited.com 

Orange United is a revolutionary NIL collective and game-changing initiative aimed at uniting the passionate fans of Syracuse University in unwavering support of our student-athletes, teams and programs. The mission is clear: to rally together and create a resounding impact that propels Syracuse University's sports program into a new era of excellence. 

 

WSP USA 

Matthew Boemi 

40 La Riviere Dr., Ste. 320 

Buffalo, NY 14202 

716-395-2363 

www.wsp.com 

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. WSP provides technical expertise and strategic advice to clients in the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, environment, industry, resources (including mining, oil and gas) and energy sectors, as well as offering project and program delivery and advisory services. Its experts include engineers, advisors, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. 

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