Nick Witek is President and owner of W & J Construction Corporation in Rockledge, Florida.

He has spent the past 25 years in commercial construction in Florida.  In addition to projects for Brevard County, Harris Corporation, Northrup Grumman, Melbourne International Airport, Catholic Diocese of Orlando, Canaveral Port Authority, Brevard Community College, the cities of Rockledge and Cocoa, W & J Construction has completed many high profile projects for Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA, Delaware North Parks Services and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation.  Some of his projects include working on the Apollo Saturn V Exhibit, Rocket Garden Renovation, LD-39 Operations Support Building, Launch Operations Control Center, The AMF Center for Space Education and the Astronauts Memorial Space Mirror.

Prior to W&J Construction, Witek worked in Advanced Programs for Martin Marrietta in New Orleans and was there for the rollout of the first External Tank for the Space Shuttle.

Before that, Nick worked in International Space Programs for NASA at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland from 1969 – 1979, his last position there as Integration and Test manager for scientific spacecraft.

Mr. Witek was born and educated in Pennsylvania, receiving his BS degree in Electronics from the University of Scranton.  Nick went on to earn an M.S.E.E. Electrical Engineering degree from the Catholic University, Washington, DC (National Science Foundation Fellowship).

Nick Witek has held a Florida General Contractors License since 1983.  He has served on the Brevard County Contractor Licensing Board since 1997, and as its Chairman since 1998.  He is a founding board member of the Construction Industry Advisory Board, Florida Tech (2001), and is the Chairman of the Scholarship and Intern Committee.  He served as Vice President of Associated Builders and Contractors 1994-1995.  He has been a member of both the Space Coast Early Intervention Center Board and the Cocoa Rotary Club since 2003.