Rutt Bridges is an American geophysicist and politician from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party.
He achieved success with the software products MicroMAX and ProMAX, both used for the processing of seismic data for the petroleum exploration industry.
[2][3] In 1999, Bridges founded the Bighorn Center, to "give Colorado's political middle a credible and legitimate voice in the state's increasingly polarized landscape and more importantly, to get things done.
In 2004 Bridges ran for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, but stepped aside and supported fellow Democrat and friend Ken Salazar, who went on to win the seat.
"[5] Along with Tim Gill, Jared Polis, and Pat Stryker, Bridges has been named as one of the "Gang of 4" responsible for donating large sums of money through 527 groups to Democratic Party-related causes in Colorado.