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Staff Bios and Profiles

Ericksen Roed and Associates presently have a staff of 60

  • Engineers: 31 (17 P.E.s, 14 E.I.T.s)
  • Technicians: 26
  • Administrative: 3

Alfred G. Ericksen, PE (Bud)

Bud is CEO/Partner of Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 40 years of experience as a structural engineer. His experience includes design, project management and system selection in commercial high-rises and parking structures. Bud’s experience also includes leadership, direction, management, planning and coordination of all structural engineering activities consistent with the overall objective of furnishing the highest level of professional structural engineering services on all projects.

Michael A. DeSutter, PE (Mike)

Mike is President/Partner at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 20 years of experience as a structural engineer. His experiences includes design of precast structures and he leads the development of the system we call ER-POST ™. His responsibilities include design and coordination of structural projects, staffing and quality control.

James D. Roed, PE (Jim)

Jim is a Vice President/Partner at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 25 years of experience as a structural engineer. His design experience includes gravity and lateral systems for buildings of wood, masonry, concrete, post-tensioned concrete, pre-stressed concrete and structural steel. Jim’s responsibilities include design and coordination of structural projects, staffing and quality control. Design projects include medical, retail, housing, office buildings, schools, sports facilities and parking ramps with project construction costs ranging from .2 million to 75 million.

Thomas E. Amundson (Tom)

Tom is a Vice President/Partner at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 40 years of design experience. He is responsible for oversight of several ongoing structural projects. His responsibilities include design and coordination of structural projects, staffing and quality control.

William T. Buller, PE, SE (Bill)

Bill is a Vice President/Partner at Ericksen, Roed and Associates, Inc .and has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of design. He is responsible for oversight of several ongoing structural projects which currently include multiple Target Stores nationwide. Bill’s responsibilities include design and coordination of structural projects, staffing and quality control.

Robert A. Curtis, PE (Bob)

Bob is a Principal at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 30 years of experience as a structural engineer. His experience includes design of masonry, wood, steel and concrete structures. Projects have included churches, medical, retail and office buildings, laboratories, schools, parking ramps and housing with construction costs of up to 80 million dollars. Bob’s responsibilities include design and overall supervision of structural projects.

Robert J. Quinn, PE (Bob)

Bob is a Principal at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and has over 25 years of experience as a structural engineer. His experience includes design of many very complex projects, such as the 900 Nicollet Target Office Building, Parking Ramp and Skyway Bridges and the Guthrie on the River in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

David J. Pluke (Dave)

Dave is a Principal at Ericksen, Roed & Associates, Inc. and is Vice President of Information Technology. He joined the firm in 1988 as a Structural Designer and established its CAD department. His responsibilities now encompass the Company's technology infrastructure. Dave is a frequent presenter at AEC IT and BIM conferences.