About Us

Caribou Thunder Engineering Services is global engineering service provider. The company has been certified since 2006 by the Small Business Administration as Woman and Native American Owned, HUBZone Certified and Small Disadvantaged Business that serves the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community in 22 countries around the globe and in 35 states across America.
- Caribou Thunder maintains a flexible business strategy by operating our business in every time zone around the globe, leveraging our expertise in capture, proposal support and management providing critical small business insight to assist in a “Win Strategy”.
- Caribou Thunder’s Small Disadvantaged Business certifications translates into hard dollar savings to our customers.
- Consistent growth since inception to 100 associates and $10M in annual sales.
- Global Service Provider supporting a wide variety of DoD and Intelligence programs
- Caribou Thunder has a history of consistent performance, impeccable delivery, and successful projects addressing highly targeted tools, policies, and procedures for DoD contracts at extremely competitive prices, with a laser precision understanding of individual client needs.
- Solid performance in 35 states across the U.S.: AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, IL, IN, IA, KS, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NV, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, WA, WI.
- Solid performance in 23 Countries around the globe: Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, China, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Po Sheng, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, United Kingdom.
WE ARE Caribou Thunder
• Complex International Experience: ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations, Export Compliance)
• DDTC (Direct Technical Assistance Agreements) with Foreign Governments
• HIGH retention rate!
• Mature and stable contractor rooted in Commercial and Department of Defense service and support:
Financial control
Security administration
Compliance procedures to support DoD and commercial contracts
Successfully executing Firm Fixed Price contracts
Proposal support for Teaming Agreements

Learn more about our dedicated executive team, Rita Peterson, CEO and Richard Skiles, COO Chief Operating Officer.
Our Team
Caribou Thunder is an energetic and motivational industry leader. We combine a thorough understanding of our client’s objectives and their environment with proven processes and exceptional people to deliver results.
Our History
Caribou Thunder Engineering Services was founded in 2006. We are headquartered on the Lac Courte Oreilles Native American Reservation in Hayward, Wisconsin. We have experienced consistent growth since inception, and are now a mature and stable organization rooted in Commercial and Department of Defense service and support. We have delivered solutions in 22 states and internationally in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, among others.
We are a Native American Owned, Woman Owned, HUBZone Certified Small Disadvantaged Business.
Our Success
Deliver the highest quality services while maintaining low overhead obligations.
Focus on customer needs while creating relationships that exist for the long term.
Respond to the needs of our employees with flexibility and top notch benefits programs.
Create meaningful jobs in distressed business areas.
Caribou Thunder Mission Statement
Our mission is to run in unison with our
employees and customers to support National Security Programs. Caribou Thunder
creates a consistent pattern of delivering first-rate engineering services. Run
with us and join Team Thunder!
Caribou Thunder: The migration of the Alaskan
caribou is a very distinct behavioral trait. Their migration is thought to be
one of the most impressive wildlife phenomena, migrating in herds that are tens
of thousands in size. When the caribou run simultaneously, their massive herd
size creates the sound of thunder.
Phone:
719-412-3754
Headquarters:
Hayward, WI 54843