Skedco, Inc.

Skedco founder Bud Calkin is, after nearly 35 years, still our head product designer. He travels 50 weeks a year to train teams around the world in the use of Skedco rescue equipment. Skedco is a family-owned and operated rescue equipment business based in Tualatin, Oregon, just south of Portland. Bud Calkin, Vice President and Founder of Skedco, is a veteran of the U.S. National Guard and U.S. Army. While enlisted, he was stationed in Fort Sam Houston in Texas, Fort Ord in California, and at bases in West Germany. Bud trained as a combat medic and later, a dental technician, fabricating bridges, crowns and dentures. He also served as an instructor at the Dental Technology School.