Robert Rose
President
Runs the business day to day: customers, crews and the numbers behind both. The one who tells you what TekLink can absorb, and the one who says no when the answer is no.
About
Ten years of
last-mile work.
TekLink started in Oklahoma City in 2015 doing installation and repair. We added underground construction in 2021 because waiting on someone else's bore was costing our own crews days.
How we got here
- 2015
Founded
Jeremy Birlew starts TekLink in Oklahoma City doing telecom installation and repair. One market, a short list of customers, and work that either got done right or did not get paid for.
- 2018
Fulfillment at volume
Install and service work grows into a steady fulfillment operation for regional providers. The crew count and the ticket count go up together.
- 2021
Underground
We move into underground construction and buried service wire, because our own drop crews kept waiting on somebody else’s bore. Mainline and drop come under one project manager.
- Now
Oklahoma and the Midwest
15,000+ completed connections, four service lines, and crews that travel when the volume justifies it. Still small enough that the owner knows every name on the payroll.
Leadership
Who you'll deal with.
Richard McElroy
VP, Construction
Owns the work in the field. Schedules, methods, crews and the call on how a difficult bore or a bad soil condition gets handled. Answers his phone.
Jeremy Birlew
Founder
Started the company in 2015 and set the standard the crews still work to: bury it right, restore it clean, close it out on time.
How we work
Bury it right
Depth, protection and placement to spec, whether or not anyone is going to check.
Restore it clean
The property owner should not be able to tell where we worked.
Close it on time
A ticket is not done when the cable is in. It is done when the paperwork is back.
Say the hard thing
A schedule slip you hear about early is a problem. One you hear about late is a crisis.
- Est. 2015. Same ownership, same standard.
- 15,000+ completed connections. Not customers served — connections finished.
- 70+ years combined experience across the leadership team.
- Four service lines under one project manager, so nothing falls in a handoff.
Next step
Come look at the work.
We would rather show you a finished job than talk about one. Tell us where you are and we will find one near you.