

Team RUTE
Industry veterans
in clean energy, precast manufacturing, geotechnical engineering, general contracting and economics

Doug krause, pe
Founder, President
25 years of experience in wind farm development, precast manufacturing, and cable construction, upon which RUTE was founded in 2015. BSE University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering

Founder, President

Douglas Krause, PE

Jeff Colwill
VP Operations
Jeff has founded and led several construction firms.
He leads the RUTE formwork, precasting, and material quality control.
BSE Iowa State University,
Mechanical Engineering


VP Manufacturing
Jeff Colwill
Evelyn leads the structural engineering effort at RUTE. She performs the finite element modeling, structural analysis and design reporting prior to manufacturing.
Physics graduate,
Lewis & Clark College.


Engineering Lead
Evelyn Hunsberger
Louis manages the company financial affairs. He worked for a London M&A firm, ran the RUTE rebar crew in 2018 on Unit 1 construction, is Product Mgr for RUTE Solar.
Masters in Physics, Oxford
Chief Financial Officer

Louis Wood

As a founding investor, leads the effort to connect the RUTE advantages among the wind project community BOPs, OEMs, IPPs, & landowners.
She's been working in marketing for 10 yrs and is
the founder/creative director
of Life is Short Films.
Vanessa Hopkins

Marketing and Media

Stephen brings the passion of the team to the renewable energy marketplace and delivers quotations and value propositions to wind and solar developers and builders. Sales director expertise. BA U Oregon.


Head of Sales
Stephen Cross
David is a commercialization executive with a 22-year career. His clientele have included Sharp Technology Ventures, P&G, Deloitte, U.S. DoD, and NASA. David has a physics degree from the University of Michigan
and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

IP & Funding
David McFeeters-Krone

Dave has a career focus on education, economic development, renewable energy, and government reform, and is former Chairman for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Master’s in Management University of Mary.

Business Development
Dave Archambault

SCADA & RPLM System

Jake built the RUTE Product Lifecycle Mgt Suite(RPLM) that governs the production, quality, specifications, and vendor qualifications of all components. He leads the SCADA software for RST, among many other IT charges.
Jacob Backer

Our Mission
Produce and deliver the most efficient, sustainable structural foundation systems for
the wind and solar industries;
through hard work, and impeccable safety practices,
we are vital in the effort to lower the cost of
clean electricity
and reduce CO2 emissions
to our planet's atmosphere.
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