Ronda Peterson, CEO
Name: Ronda Turner Peterson
Favorite past time outside work: Spending time with our kids, and especially our granddaughter.
Favorite take-out: I prefer dining in
First concert: The Who – Chicago when they still broke their instruments (poor guitars)
Favorite tool or machine: Rose and Alfred our oldest (23 & 25) three axis Mills
Best dream ever: Teaching Martial Arts, Flying lots of times
Who would you like to meet (dead or alive): Gandhi & Nelson Mandela
Favorite creature or bug: Buffalo, hummingbird & butterflies
Do you have a bucket list and what is left on it?: Lots still on it. Italy and hike Napali Coast in Kawaii
Best thing you learned this year: (life lessons I am always working on) -Listen more- be fully present in this Moment and be Mindful
Favorite movie: Avatar
First job: Paper Route
Favorite hike/bike/ride/climb: Road bike ride- NCAR at the end of a long day when I am already really tired. Hiking in our “big Back Yard”
What motivates you: Life- Love –INSPIRATION and Passion
Favorite beverage: Water
Do you make list or journal: Lists – Lots of Lists – I used to Journal a lot and now work to just keep track of life events on Calendars to keep track of the journey of our lovely wonderful life.
Todd Peterson, COO and Founder
Name: Todd Peterson
Favorite past time outside work: Spending time with my Sweetie and the rest activities
Favorite take out: Pho / Chez Thuy
First concert: Rush
Favorite tool or machine: File & hacksaw and looking forward to the new DMC85- FD- RS6
Best dream ever: When I am climbing
Who would you like to meet (dead or alive): Paul Newman
Favorite creature or bug: Great Horned Owl
Do you have a bucket list and what is left on it?: I have somethings I still want to do, and I feel like I have lived life fully.
Best thing you learned this year (Life-long learning): The Vision Quest – every moment is a teaching
Favorite movie: Cool Hand Luke & Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
First job: Lawn Business
Favorite hike/bike/ride/climb: Hike – Solo Summit Assent Flat top via North Couloir during winter.
Bike – My Madone. Bike Ride – RAGBRAI #4 in 1976. Climb – Walk on the Wild Side, Joshua Tree, CA
What motivates you: Passion
Favorite beverage: Lemonade
Do you make list or journal: Journal have not lately, and List- Yes
Our Management Team
Steve Carper, Lead Machinist
Name: Steve Carper
Favorite past time outside work: Planning my next work day
Favorite take out: Pizza
First concert: Green Day
Favorite tool or machine: Power hacksaw
Best dream ever: Martin Luther King’s (I Have a Dream)
Who would you like to meet (dead or alive): Baby Jesus
Favorite creature or bug: Mya
Do you have a bucket list and what is left on it?: No
Best thing you learned this year?: Lead paint is poisonous even though it’s sweet
Favorite movie: Anchor Man
First job: Selling snow cones at Zoo America
Favorite hike/bike/ride/climb: Around the block
What motivates you?: Angry bears
Favorite beverage: Insane Rush
Do you make list or journal: To do lists
Celeste Howard, Office Mgr
Name: Head Minion – Celeste, Office Manager
Favorite past time outside work: Cooking & Baking or Camping
Favorite take out: Mexico City – Deep Fried Tacos
First concert: Willie Nelson
Who would you like to meet (dead or alive): Dead – Teddy Roosevelt and Alive – J.K. Rowling
Favorite creature or bug: All Dogs
Do you have a bucket list and what is left on it?: Camp/Fish in all 50 states
Favorite movie: Princess Bride or Fifth Element
First job: Babysitter or Secretary at a karate school
Favorite hike/bike/ride/climb: Fish at Ice Lake outside Alice, CO.
Do you make list or journal: I make lists for everything, I make list of lists to make.
Aaron Christopher
Name: Aaron Christopher
Favorite past time outside work: Dancing and Martial Arts
Favorite take out: Pizza
First concert: Bush, No Doubt and Goo Goo Dolls at Red Rocks
Favorite tool or Machine: Auto
Best dream Ever: I do my best, to live it everyday
Who would you like to meet (dead or alive): Bruce Lee
Favorite creature or bug: Buffalo
Do you have a bucket list and what is left on it?: Yes. To visit pyramids in Egypt and Great Wall of China
Best thing you learned this year (Life-long learning): That sometimes it is just better to keep your mouth shut
Favorite movie: Aladdin
First job: Martial Arts Instruction
Favorite hike/bike/ride/climb: Just about any in Rocky Mountain National Park
What motivates you: My loving wife
Favorite beverage: Coffee / Espresso
Do you make list or journal: Yes I make plenty of lists and journal occasionally