Rick Lipke
President, CEO Conterra Inc
- Role
- President CEO at Conterra Inc
- Location
- Bellingham, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rick Lipke
As the founder and president of Conterra Technical Systems, Rick has been involved with emergency pre-hospital care for over thirty 30 years. He teaches wilderness and urban emergency care courses on a regular basis, as well as high angle rescue courses for industry. He is a technical advisor and field operations leader for Washington Mountain Rescue. He is a published author on technical rescue. He also lectures internationally on the subject. In addition, Rick works as an alpine ski patroller at Mt. Baker Ski Area. He has been designing and building award winning emergency products for three decades. He hold five U.S. and foreign patents on his designs, including the SCARAB® Rescue tool. His packs have been used on every continent and every condition on earth (including Mt. Everest and Antarctica). An active climber, mountain biker and martial artist, he makes his home in Bellingham, WA.
Experience
President CEO
May 1990 — Present · Bellingham, WA, US
Lead and oversee all aspects of corporation. Design of products.
Education
Western Washington University
BA
1980 — 1984
Skagit Valley College
degree in Outdoor Education
1977 — 1980
Skills
- Rope Rescue
- Healthcare
- Machining
- Product Design
- Strategic Planning
- Martial Arts
- Metal Fabrication
- Wilderness Medicine
- Leadership
- Ems Education
- Medical Devices
- Sales Management
- Emergency Medicine
- New Business Development
- Wilderness Emt
- Training
- Technical Rescue
- Product Development
- Sales
- Textile Product Manufacturing
- Team Building
- Customer Service
- Project Management
- Capital Equipment
- Teaching
- Public Speaking
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