Pepper Rutland

TEI is happy to congratulate our owner John H. Stinson III on being inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction.
John H. Stinson III was recently inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction. Louisiana State University originally created the Hall of Distinction to highlight leaders in the field of Engineering. Individuals selected for this prestigious role have to obtain outstanding professional achievement, have continued service in the engineering fi...

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MMR Group's Mission to Succeed

BATON ROUGE – James B. “Pepper” Rutland, founder and president/chief executive officer of MMR Group Inc., and John H. Stinson III, CEO and president of TEI Software Development, were both recently inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction.
The college established the Hall of Distinction in 1979 to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the engineering profession. Criteria for election includes distinguished professional achievement, dedicated s...

MMR Group, Inc. provides industrial electrical and instrumentation construction. The Company offers electrical installation, notification systems, panel fabrication, signal wiring, grounding, lighting, power distribution, switch gear, system analysis, and equipment installation services. MMR Group serves customers worldwide.

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James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.
James “Pepper” Rutland, applying lessons from football to business, overcame adversity while building MMR into a global force among industrial contractors.
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Pepper Rutland was honored by Business Report and Junior Achievement at the 2022 Business Awards Hall of Fame Gala for his contributions in leading MMR Group, the largest privately-owned electrical and instrumentation contractor in the US.
Pepper Rutland was featured in Business Report’s March 2022 issue and recognized on March 9th by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and Junior Achievement at the 38th annual Business Awards and Hall of Fame gala dinner. The sold-out event, held at the ...

James “Pepper” Rutland took many of the life lessons he learned through athletics and applied them to running his business.
His approach has paid off, as MMR, the company he leads, has become the largest privately owned merit shop electrical and instrumentation contractor in the U.S., with 5,000 employees and more than $768 million in revenue.
Founder, president and CEO of MMR, Rutland is being inducted into the Business Hall of Fame and will be honored by Business Report and Junior Achieveme...

The February issues of Pepper's Post. This issue covers the partnership MMR Group has with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center of Baton Rouge, LA.

Pepper Rutland created this presentation to showcase the new MMR TV online training and development initiative at MMR Group. This program enhances employee knowledge by allowing them to access materials anywhere there's internet access.

Think of someone in your life that has served as a role model to you. Even if it wasn’t someone directly involved in your life, i.e. a celebrity, athlete, or politician, think of what they meant to you. Generally speaking, we look to our role models as someone to guide us and to inspire us. We look to this person to provide us with a sense of drive and to outline goals for us to achieve and records to break. While role models can be very important and serve as a beneficial motivator, we don’t...

BATON ROUGE, La. – MMR was recognized as one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Baton Rougeby the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and Best Companies Group. MMR received an impressive ranking of eighth out of eighteen companies who made the list in the “Large Company: 250 or more U.S. Employees” category. Overall, MMR ranked 29th out of 60 participating companies.
“We strive to provide a culture tha...