2025 StructSolve Greatest of the Year Award

“Travis' contributions to StructSolve Engineering has singlehandly contributed to our existence - without Travis' sacrifice, there would be no StructSolve.”

2025 StructSolve Greatest of the Year

Awarded to: Travis Sprenger, P.E.

StructSolve Engineering is pleased to recognize Travis Sprenger, our Chief Engineer, as the recipient of the 2025 StructSolve Greatest of the Year Award.

This award is reserved for an individual whose contributions elevate the company through sustained performance, dependable leadership, and a commitment to delivering excellent work under pressure. In 2025, Travis demonstrated each of those qualities with a consistency that shaped how we operate, how we deliver for clients, and how we support one another as a team.

Travis joined StructSolve at the earliest stage of our company’s journey. He has been with us since March of 2024, bringing experience, urgency, and a steady presence while we built the foundation of our engineering practice. As many founders discover, a young company grows quickly, and growth demands real execution: engineering that holds up, processes that scale, and people who keep moving when timelines and expectations tighten. Travis has been central to that execution from the first chapter of StructSolve to the present day.

In his role as Chief Engineer, Travis has taken responsibility for outcomes across a wide range of work. His fingerprints are found across our portfolio. He has contributed directly to projects in nearly every phase: early concept and design development, production deliverables, client coordination, and the technical decisions that ultimately protect the quality and safety of what we stamp and release. His involvement has strengthened our standards while enabling the pace our market requires.

One of the clearest themes in Travis’s year has been his ability to meet challenging demands without compromising the integrity of the work. During 2024 and throughout 2025, he repeatedly stepped into assignments with compressed timelines and high expectations. He helped us develop design approaches that made our deliverables more consistent and easier to scale. He delivered structural design support for complex residential work, including full-height barndominium designs that require careful attention to load paths, detailing, and constructability. He provided technical direction while we navigated real constraints from the field, the schedule, and the realities of a growing client base.

Timelines have a way of testing a company’s maturity. They also test a team’s commitment to excellence. Travis met more than one schedule that seemed unrealistic on paper, and he still brought the level of thoroughness that our clients expect from a stamping engineer. It has been common to see reports and deliverables released in the middle of the afternoon after extended hours of work that began far earlier than most people would assume. That pattern reflects something the entire organization has come to rely on: Travis’s willingness to do what the work requires, especially when the stakes are high.

Operationally, Travis also carried significant weight. He provided leadership for the company’s Operations Department, bringing order and accountability to the details that keep execution moving. Operations is where good intentions either become consistent results or fall apart under strain. Travis has helped StructSolve sustain dependable throughput by bringing structure, follow-through, and direct ownership to the operational side of our work.

His influence has extended beyond engineering production. Travis’s performance has strengthened client confidence in StructSolve, and that confidence has translated into growth. He has supported business development through the credibility he brings to projects, and his excellence has helped convert opportunities into real work. He has even brought in work directly through relationships and professional trust, serving the company through a combination of engineering excellence and practical problem-solving that clients recognize quickly.

A key element of Travis’s impact comes from the responsibility he carries as our only stamping engineer. That reality changes the weight of every deadline, every review, and every release. Travis has carried that load with discipline and seriousness. He has protected our quality and reputation by taking ownership of what it means to stamp work as a professional engineer, and he has done so while maintaining a pace that has enabled StructSolve to serve clients reliably during rapid growth.

While performance can be measured through output and results, leadership shows up in how someone influences the environment around them. Travis contributes to StructSolve’s culture through steadiness and encouragement. He shows up prepared to work, and he keeps working even when circumstances become distracting. Teams perform best when the people around them bring clarity, composure, and consistent effort. Travis is that presence for many of us. He keeps energy constructive, he supports the mission, and he stays focused on what matters: delivering excellent work and serving clients well.

There is also a human element to Travis that our team values deeply. He has a contagious laugh that lifts the room. He is known for his loyalty—loyalty to the work, to the team, and to the goals we are building toward as a company. He brings his faith into his life with sincerity, and many of us have seen how that shapes his character in the workplace: grounded, dependable, and committed to serving others with integrity.

And yes, StructSolve has its share of lighthearted stories about Travis—stories that have become part of our shared culture. Around the office, people have described him as “not human” because the volume of work he completes can be difficult to comprehend. Another comment that has made the rounds is that he is “from another planet,” offered as a humorous way to describe a work ethic that seems to operate beyond ordinary limits. Travis has also been spotted practicing ninja skills in the hallway, which is exactly the sort of detail that brings levity to a demanding environment. Those moments matter. They remind us that intensity and joy can coexist, and that excellent people often bring both.

From my perspective as President, the reason Travis is receiving this award comes down to responsibility and results. Travis has carried responsibilities that directly affected the company’s ability to deliver and to grow. He has made sacrifices that are visible in the record of deliverables, the stability of our operations, and the trust our clients place in StructSolve. His contributions have supported our ability to exist and operate as a real engineering company with real standards.

I have shared this sentiment with our team in plain terms: Travis’s work has been essential to StructSolve’s early success and to our momentum through 2025. StructSolve is stronger because of his effort, and our future is more secure because he has brought both excellence and reliability to a role that demands both.

Recognition has real purpose when it highlights the behaviors and standards that define who we want to become. Travis’s year reflects technical strength, leadership under pressure, operational ownership, and a commitment to the people around him. He has helped establish what “excellent” looks like at StructSolve. He has shown what it means to take ownership when the work is demanding. He has contributed to our culture through steady encouragement and an attitude that stays focused on service and execution.

For these reasons, and with sincere appreciation, StructSolve Engineering recognizes Travis Sprenger as the 2025 StructSolve Greatest of the Year.

Travis, thank you for the standard you have set, the responsibilities you have carried, and the sacrifice you have made for this company. We are grateful for your leadership, and we are proud to honor you with this award.

President, StructSolve Engineering