The Wind River Story.

Simple living without sacrificing style or function. This is the root of our brand. Wind River began when founder, Travis Pyke, set out on his own right-sized living adventure. Now our team works to create attainable, high-quality housing solutions that positively impact our customers and community.

Built for Freedom.

We build the right way right alongside you.

113

Homes Built

30

States

48

Employees

10

Years in Business

We Know Right-Sized Living.

Our leadership team has deep-rooted backgrounds in the industry, and have experienced right-sized living first hand. We are a group of experts ready to guide you through this process.

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Wind River was born when our founder, Travis Pyke, built and moved into a tiny home with his family.

Working for a general contractor, Travis was always drawn to building, designing, and creating.

His career has spanned the full set of skills needed to take construction projects form napkin sketch to final nail.

The company's fascination with tiny homes is rooted in values like simple living, minimalism, and practical functionality.

For Travis' family, and for many families, going tiny helps them grow.

Meet Your Designers.

Our design team is passionate about creating homes that artfully meld style and functionality. They excel at dreaming, problem solving, and bringing the visions of our customers to life.

The Shop.


With 92,000 square feet built around tools, technology, and talent, Wind River brings together the best design and artisan craft to build your home or development.

Meet the Team.

We’re passionate about our builds, plain and simple. Our attention to detail, commitment to quality, and appreciation for stylish functional housing drive our work, and our crew is fully invested in every customer and every build.

Jessie Williams

Office Coordinator

Tom Currie

Interior Skins Lead

Nick Davis

Manufacturing Supervisor

Brandon Otis

Manufacturing Supervisor

Drew Ciccarelli

Safety Lead

Maggie Sutton

Marketing Lead

Dave Allemand

Warranty & Transport

Tyler Burns

Tile Lead & Chaplain

Brad Connelly

Paint Shop Lead

Adam Haag

Interior Finishes Lead

Steve Shuster

Exterior Finishes Lead

Eric Smith

Framing Lead

Ryan Renslow

Fabrication Lead

Teddy Peabody

Technical Services Lead

Ken Lehmann

Training & Quality Assurance Manager

Max Haworth

Finish Production Manager

Dewey Sturtridge

Technical Production Manager

Bobby Leonard

Purchasing & Warehousing Manager

Dave Surmann

Lead Drafting Technician

Kateryna Makydon

Accounts Payable Specialist

Jeremy Wiebe

Human Resources Manager

James Schulz

Product Development & Design | Business Development

The newest addition to our team, Amelia has quickly become indispensable as a driven, level-headed, and perceptive Customer Champion. On her days off, you’ll find her trail running, teaching flute lessons, or playing in the Chattanooga Symphony.

Amelia Dicks

Director of Business Development | Customer Advocate

Dustin is a jack of all trades, and master of everything he touches. Our resident jokester, he is also meticulous, relentlessly focused on quality and functionality, and big-hearted. He might not want to be in your photo shoot, but he’d give you the shirt off his back. Oh, and he also kills it on the drifting circuit.

Dustin Lehmann

VP of Manufacturing & Quality Assurance

Dea brings an eye for style and design to everything she does, whether leading our marketing or helping clients understand and articulate their vision. A multi-tasker who brings passion and out-of-the-box thinking, she’s also pretty gnarly on a snowboard.

Dea Lisica

VP of Brand & Design

Dialed into the intricacies of business management, Paul is our guru of all things financial and an advocate for tiny home legalization and acceptance. Forward thinking and service-driven, he understands all of the intricate systems that go into building a tiny home, and how to help our clients make their dream a reality. On the weekends, he’s often backpacking with friends and family.

Paul Beckmann

CFO | Customer Accounts Executive

A company owner, he’s the glue that holds the team together. We call him our “Swiss Army knife” because he can solve any problem — always with a teacher’s spirit, a master builder’s skills, a voice of reason, and a ready laugh. Fun fact: he’s also passionate about tying flies for his many fishing adventures around the world.

Caleb Knowles

COO | Chief Engineering Officer

Our founder, a visionary thinker, and gifted designer, craftsman, and artist. Travis is as kind as he is driven, as focused as he is creative. Not least: he founded Wind River after building and living in his own tiny home with his family. When he’s not here dreaming, building, and meticulously ensuring the quality of your home, you’re likely to find him mountaineering in the Wind River Range.

Travis Pyke

CEO | Chief Design Officer

Travis Pyke

CEO | Chief Design Officer

Caleb Knowles

COO | Chief Engineering Officer

Paul Beckmann

CFO | Customer Accounts Executive

Dea Lisica

VP of Brand & Design

Dustin Lehmann

VP of Manufacturing & Quality Assurance

Amelia Dicks

Director of Business Development | Customer Advocate

James Schulz

Product Development & Design | Business Development

Jeremy Wiebe

Human Resources Manager

Dewey Sturtridge

Technical Production Manager

Max Haworth

Finish Production Manager

Kateryna Makydon

Accounts Payable Specialist

Dave Surmann

Lead Drafting Technician

Bobby Leonard

Purchasing & Warehousing Manager

Ken Lehmann

Training & Quality Assurance Manager

Maggie Sutton

Marketing Lead

Brandon Otis

Manufacturing Supervisor

Nick Davis

Manufacturing Supervisor

Tom Currie

Interior Skins Lead

Jessie Williams

Office Coordinator

Teddy Peabody

Technical Services Lead

Ryan Renslow

Fabrication Lead

Eric Smith

Framing Lead

Steve Shuster

Exterior Finishes Lead

Adam Haag

Interior Finishes Lead

Brad Connelly

Paint Shop Lead

Tyler Burns

Tile Lead & Chaplain

Dave Allemand

Warranty & Transport

Drew Ciccarelli

Safety Lead

Work With Us.

At Wind River, the work we do shapes the homes and lives of our incredible customers. If you’d like to hone your skills alongside our master craftsmen, consider a career with our team.

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Get Acquainted.

Get a glimpse of what Wind River living and stays are actually like. Read about our builds from real-life customers, the actual humans who own, live in, rent, and visit Wind River modular and tiny homes.

Take a closer look with our interactive map.

Developer

The Ingenity Experience Center needed to be a representation of what fuels Ingenity’s engineering: sustainable, sleek in design, and respectful to the nature surrounding it.

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Dweller

"I thought, this is it! I love these guys already, they seem like they do quality work, and I want to make it happen."

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Dweller

She has financial freedom, a home that reflects what matters most, and an idyllic property deeded in her name in the mountains.

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Dweller

"I was lucky enough to come visit and participate in the process. I visited Wind River four times, and being able to be involved with the build was great."

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Dweller

“Living tiny has shown us what we value most, especially that we value family.”

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Dweller

“I was near retirement age and thought, I’m going to be traveling, and I don’t want all this responsibility of taking care of stuff.”

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Dweller

“We have a really unique asset to enjoy and share with others.”

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Build With Us.

Every Wind River build is expertly designed and constructed to last a lifetime. More than that, they’re crafted to fit your exact need, brand, or overall vision.

Developers

From tiny home rental communities to luxury adventure resorts, we bring quality craftsmanship and authentic style to any development project while working to align with your existing brand.

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Dwellers

Our tiny homes on wheels and modular tiny homes are designed and constructed to fit your life or unique housing need, not the other way around, putting right-sized livable luxury well within your reach.

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Build With Us.

Wind River crafts homes that are built for freedom. Whether you’re a home buyer looking for the right solution or a developer planning your next big project, we promise to build the right way right alongside you.

Get in touch with our team.