Petzl America
Rudy Rutemiller currently serves as the National Sales Manager at Petzl America, a role held since December 2017 after progressing through various titles including Eastern Sales Manager and Regional Sales Manager. Prior experience includes working as an Arborist Representative at Bartlett Tree Experts from August 2014 to December 2017, as well as serving as President and Founder of the Trail & Ultrarunning Team at Virginia Tech from January 2011 to July 2014. Rudy also contributed to forestry research as an Assistant with the US Forest Service during a brief tenure in 2013. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Urban Forestry and Natural Resource Conservation from Virginia Tech (2010-2014) and an Executive MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, expected to be completed in May 2025.
Petzl America
Petzl's roots lie in a passion for exploration. Since its beginnings in caving, this family-owned company’s mission has remained the same: to offer practical solutions that allow people to progress through high-angle terrain and low-light environments. More than 40 years later, Petzl continues to invent products and provide solutions that allow sports enthusiasts and professionals to access some of the most challenging places on Earth, day or night. Petzl America, surrounded by mountains in Utah's beautiful Salt Lake Valley, is Petzl's North American headquarters. We were voted one of America's Best Places to Work in 2012 and 2015 by Outside Magazine, and received a bronze medal from the League of American Bicyclists for being a Bike Friendly Business. We handle all sales, marketing, customer service, and distribution functions for Petzl in North America.