Our History
Founded by aerospace engineers specializing in composite fabrication, Protech has been helping Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and hobbyists innovate and excel since 2008.
Our President, Jeff Olsen, Vice President, Michelle Fennimore, and our entire team share a commitment to excellence that industry leaders like Boeing, NASA, and the U.S. Military count on to bring their projects to life.
Serving a diverse, international customer base, Protech delivers the same flawless quality, unparalleled service, and competitive pricing to every customer—from major manufacturers and individual inventors to academic institutions.
Our Company Values
- We make the highest quality carbon fiber products in the world, bar none
- Exceptional customer service is the foundation of our business
- We do what we say we’ll do
- We are honest and fair in all of our dealings
- We embrace new challenges with optimism
- Our company is built on teamwork and the combined efforts of all
Who we are
Meet Our Leadership Team
Jeff Olsen
President
“I feel fortunate that every day we get to work with this amazing material. Everything about carbon fiber is special—from its weight and strength to its sheer beauty when it catches the light. I am continually inspired by the material and all of the cool and interesting ways that our customers use it.”
Michelle Fennimore
Vice President
“I love talking to our customers, learning what they’re trying to accomplish, and figuring out what kinds of products would best fit their needs. The best part though, is hearing how happy they are with the final result—that the part looks great and functions exactly the way they wanted. Mission accomplished!”
Sam Olsen
Technical Sales
“Our success is not about closing a sale. It’s about establishing and maintaining relationships with our customers. They come to us with problems that they need help solving and through a combination of consultation, collaboration, and execution, we create lasting partnerships. That’s the most satisfying part of the job for me.”
Chi Hoang
Production Supervisor
“Often, our sales team comes to me with a customer’s drawing and says, ‘Can we make this?’ Sometimes it’s easy, but other times, it’s like a puzzle that means thinking outside the box. Customers come to us with new ideas all of the time, so my job is always interesting.”
Inside Protech
We welcome you to visit our state-of-the-art, 11,000-sq.-ft. facility in Vancouver, Washington (just 10 mins from Portland, OR) to observe our unique capabilities, processes, and materials and meet our friendly, experienced team firsthand.
“We took our whole team to visit Protech—R&D, engineering, product line management, and our customer products group. They were very open, and showed us in detail how their process would meet our custom specifications.”
—Wendy Coe, Benchmade Knife company