Matthew Aarsvold

Background

About Matthew Aarsvold

Highly focused, motivated and experienced hands-on leader, with a history of demonstrated achievements in executive roles in the energy chemical, life sciences, agriculture and food processing, government entities, property management and construction industries. Actively seeking to join the Board of Directors of a world class organization to provide guidance and direction backed by solid industry experience as a member of executive leadership teams * Trusted advisor to executives with qualifications in terms of both experience and expertise, having lead projects in over 60 countries. Offers the ability to quickly understand, diagnose, triage, and put together teams to handle projects or problems of any size * Excels in the leadership and implementation of business planning processes while developing strategies to meet future challenges; leads major projects focused on business process re-engineering initiatives for domestic and international corporations Areas of Expertise:* Multiple Industry Experience * Requirements Gathering * JD Edwards * Domestic/International Programs * Organizational Leadership * Project Management * ERP Solutions Implementation Career Achievements:* Worked for the CFO of Dole Foods, John Tate, supporting the worldwide deployment of JD Edwards with Arthur Anderson on 5 continents over the course of 5 years. Given responsibility for a $1M retainer, while directing 25 employees, while Dole was going public * At Chevron, deployed consulting resources across 5 continents including highly difficult locations in Africa, Kazakhstan, Alaska, Papua Niugini, and Siberia. Implemented a consistent solution across all those locations. Built the standard package to support those locations and deployed it in all of them over seven years * With Edwards Life Sciences, engineered, developed and deployed a way to coordinate and organize VAT processing, lot track and trace, serialized product, efficiently processed internally and to the regulatory agencies for all 27 countries. Established the project and delivered results 2 years Key Client Engagements * O&G Industries * Young Living Essential Oils * Alon USA * Udelhoven * Steven P. Rados * Westfield * Dole Foods Company * Baxter * Dole * Edwards Life Sciences * Praxair * Chevron Email me at ma@ikwsolutions.com or call me at (949) 338-7079.