In 1974, Pete Scudder finished high school in Walnut Creek and moved to the Monterey Peninsula with $500 and a razor-sharp entrepreneurial spirit he had yet to discover. Once in Monterey, he quickly found work with a high school friend's family business, Charles Frost Roofing, and worked there as a laborer during the day while he attended college at night.

Starting at the bottom of the ladder, Pete found himself doing clean-up and tear-off work and within a few short months, he became C.L. Frost's "tear-off champion." Pete's keen attention to detail, organizational skills and ability to take charge and make sure things got done properly and efficiently singled him out as a star; he was a natural leader and everyone around him recognized that fact. Still attending college at night, he had even begun to take some carpentry apprentice classes. There were other seasonal roofing jobs that followed his stretch at C.L. Frost, but when Pete found himself sitting around waiting for work more often than he was actually working, that entrepreneurial spirit took over and he went back to school to get his contractor's license. With a wife, a mortgage, a 6-month old girl and another baby girl on the way, sitting around waiting for work wasn't an option.

Brand new contractor's license in hand, a sturdy white pick-up truck, a lift-bed and an old kettle truck he had purchased from Fred Williams, Pete and his wife Karen started Scudder Roofing out of a tiny room in their home on Paradise Rd. in Prunedale during early 1982. Karen handled the bookkeeping and children while Pete took care of estimating. Neither of them knew what would happen, but both of them believed in their business, their abilities and each other. They put everything they had into the idea of building the Scudder Roofing Company.

The Scudder story is one of a little luck, a lot of faith, hard work, an unwavering work ethic and the ability to hire and work with the best of the best in a team environment. The Scudder Roofing Company quickly grew from its tiny home office in Prunedale all the way to its own large headquarters and warehouse facility in Marina with a beautiful roofing products showroom and over 65 loyal employees.

Honest, Integrity and Hard Work

Pete Scudder has always given 110%. In the early days when he was a shingler, he set high standards for those around him but saved the highest standards for himself. If the quota was 8 squares per day, Pete would lay 10. If for any reason he didn't get the get the required 8 completed, he'd stay after the clock to finish up without ever asking for additional pay. If there was ever a problem with a job, Pete would visit the job-site on his own time and do everything in his power to make it right.

Today, some 30 years later, you'll still find Pete working 12-14 hour days, 6 to 7 days a week, and you'll also still find him climbing up on roofs and doing personal estimates. Pete is a hands-on CEO who believes in re-investing in his community, kindness and concern for others and getting the job done right the first time. Well liked by colleagues and respected by his peers, Pete Scudder treats his employees like family members and maintains an open-door policy at all times. And, although he has always been and will continue to be a driving force in the roofing industry, Pete's other priority is spending quality time with his own family who he has watched grow up right along side the business he and Karen started all those years ago. His eldest daughter (one of three) is now working alongside her father as a production manager for the company and the Scudder Roofing tradition looks as if it will be growing into the next generation.

Devotion to the job at hand, a total commitment to exceptional service and quality materials combined with the original work ethic Pete Scudder has honed over almost three decades is what makes Scudder Roofing the #1 choice in roofing contractors on the Monterey Peninsula and beyond. Scudder Roofing's promise of 100% customer satisfaction is a priority that the company challenges itself to build upon 365 days of the year. It begins at the receptionist's desk and follows through to all levels of the organization including sales, administration, finance and everything in between.

One way to define the word goal is the finish line of a race. Pete and the Scudder Roofing Company's race for quality roofing and customer satisfaction is one that will never end.