Mission
Our Mission is to invest in the people, processes and equipment necessary to meet and exceed our customer’s quality expectations.
Meet the Team
Debbie Nelson – CEO/Majority Owner
Gary Nelson – COO/Owner
Gary brings over 40 years of domestic and international experience running large and small companies. Gary’s background includes accounting, production and inventory management, global sales and overall company leadership. Gary plans to invest and grow Sturges Electronics, LLC by developing new customers in new markets utilizing cutting-edge technology.
Marc Vellake – President
Christina Carpenter – Lead Quality Inspector
Mark Howser – Production Manager
Mark’s ideas and skillset gives Sturges and edge in providing more efficient processes and better results for its customers
Emily Driscoll – Office Manager
TEAM STURGES
Our production team includes a diversity of experience and skills including veterans with decades of cable experience, specialists in complex military assemblies, and experts in high volume industrial cables.
We employ experienced First Article Technicians, high voltage testers/troubleshooters, and ICP Certified Inspectors.
Suppliers
HEILIND ELECTRONICS
Heilind Electronics, Inc. is a global distributor of electronic components serving customers worldwide. Heilind’s customers are established suppliers in such industries as medical, telecommunications, energy, transportation and defense. Their line card includes connectors, switches, relays, terminal blocks and wire and cable with over 30 locations throughout North America.
GLENAIR
Glenair, Inc. is a privately-held company that offers a dozen, full-spectrum product lines designed to meet every interconnect requirement, including a broad range of military qualified and commercial connectors, including the MIL-DTL-38999 Series III and the ultralight Series 80 Mighty Mouse. Glenair has the industry’s largest standing inventory of commercial and Mil-Spec electrical connector accessories.
WESCO/ANIXTER
WESCO/Anixter is the premier electrical, communications, and utility distribution, and supply chain solutions company in the world.
PEI-GENESIS
PEI-Genesis is a global leader in the design and assembly of custom engineered connectors for harsh environments. PEI-Genesis also has the capability to manufacture custom specialty grade connectors.
TTI
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI, Inc. is the world’s leading authorized distributor offering passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components for industrial, military, aerospace and consumer electronic manufacturers worldwide.
Humanitarian Work
Sturges Electronics is contributing to the improvement of living conditions in small villages all over the world through water well and church building projects via the Hand of Hope missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Our goal is simply to help as many hurting people as we possibly can, to alleviate human suffering and to help Christians grow in their faith.
Water Well Dedications
Unclean drinking water is one of the main causes of illness for people living in impoverished nations. Often times it can even be deadly. A simple drink of clean water is a luxury to many people.
These projects consist of a bore well and a church. So not only are people receiving clean water, they are given a house of worship in their community. The pastor is available to pray with community members and invite them to join in worship.
To date, over 725 Wells of Life projects are working to provide safe water.
In 2020, Sturges Electronics funded 100% of the construction of a water well and a church in Gugulothu Thanda, Gidoor Tehsil in Mehebubabad District in Telangana State, India. The well and the church are complete. Sturges’ project is dedicated to the parents of the owner and will read as follows…
In Honor of Keith and Mary Lou Gutchess”
Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.”
John 4:13
In 2024, Sturges Electronics funded 100% of the construction of a water well and a church in Dewada Village in Chandrapur District in Maharastra, India. The well and the church are complete. Sturges’ project is dedicated to the Mother of the owner and will read as follows…
In Memory of Joan P. Fleming
“But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of
water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14
FAQ
About Us
Capabilities
We can supply large quantities of thousands of pieces down to a handful of pieces for a complex job.
Sturges uses a wide range of fully automatic, semi-automatic, and hand tools to meet whatever type of job we have.
Absolutely—we have a track record of going to great lengths to comply with the detailed and unique standards of our military contractor customers in particular.
Although we do not have engineers to design your product, we are more than happy to work with what you have and give you clarity on what we need to build your assembly to your specs correctly the first time.
Markets/Customers
We have experience supplying military, government, energy, medical supply, industrial, and transportation industry’s contractors and manufactures. We have also supply a wide range of OEM needs related to cable and wire harness assemblies.
Suppliers
We have a broad and reliable network of U.S. based suppliers that allow us to balance price, lead time, and specialization according to your needs.
News/Blog
Our mission states that we are “aware, interested and involved in the education and innovation necessary to rapidly deliver the highest level of service.” As such, we seek to grow our range of capabilities and expertise to serve more of our customer’s needs. Check out what we are currently working on in our news/blog page.
Contact Us
As a small, agile company, we do not have the red tape that slows down your operation. As soon as we receive an RFQ, we will work on it, contact you for any clarification, and get the answers you need without worrying about going through multiple levels of managerial approval. Typically, quotes can be sent to you within a few days or a couple weeks depending on its complexity.
We work very hard to prevent this, but in the real world it is possible for there to be a rare issue with an undetected defect. We always react rapidly to get reworked/replacement assemblies to you as soon as we possibly can. We also determine the root cause of any cable failure and redesign the work process to include any necessary additional quality checks to prevent similar issues in the future.
Email Marc at mvellake@sturgeselectronics.com and we will immediately begin working on it for you! Please send us a Bill of Materials and drawing with as much detail as you can provide. We will reach out to you right away if we have any questions. We can even work with hand-drawn diagrams if that’s all you have!