Mission Statement Leadership History Technology
Leadership
James P. Ewers - President and CEO
Jim Ewers has a long and successful history in the logistics industry. In Seattle, Washington, from 1988 to 1992, much of his time was spent in international trade developing strategic alliances with steamship lines, freight forwarders, U.S. Customs, rail carriers, and domestic common carriers to provide efficient distribution alternatives for international and domestic companies as the Sales Manager and Operations Manager for Trammell Crow Distribution Corporation (TCDC). TCDC, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, was an asset based Third Party Logistics Company, providing distribution center services, inventory control, supply chain management and transportation services to manufactures, wholesalers, and distributors.
After rapid and sustained growth in the Puget Sound Region, TCDC promoted Mr. Ewers to Marketing & Sales Manager, West Coast in Los Angeles, California where he expanded the company’s international trading partners along with domestic distribution sales and marketing within the Western United States. In 1992, Exel Logistics, a British owned freight consortium and large European third party logistics company, acquired TCDC and soon assigned Jim to the position of Regional Transportation Manager to strategically manage and grow the transportation fleet and freight management services for the Southern California business groups. This transportation unit serviced 1.4 million square feet of distribution center space from three Southern California cities, with distribution activity world wide and was soon recognized as one of the fastest growing business units in all Exel Logistics’ North American operations.
In 1995, since joining IEDS, Jim utilized his logistics experience in helping IEDS grow to become the Pacific Inland Northwest’s premier logistics provider serving domestic and international firms. After IEDS surpassed 125% growth from 1996 to 2001, the Board of Directors assigned Jim to President & Chief Executive Officer. Since this time, IEDS has expanded its roll in the region, acquired several companies and continues to lead the region in providing excellence and quality in third party logistics services. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Washington State University.
Daniel C. Ewers - Vice President & General Manager
Dan began his career with IEDS in 1991 after working in the agricultural & farming industry. Bringing to IEDS degrees in Diesel Mechanics, Operations Management and Business Administration from Eastern Washington University, Dan had the opportunity to learn the business from trainee to mentor. During this time, Dan led the building of the transportation department which provides IEDS customers with LTL, truckload and freight management services. Dan has grown the IEDS Transportation Services to become second to none in customer service excellence, and has led the entire organization, at times, in excelling in meeting customer expectations. After taking on the role and responsibility of General Manager, Dan now provides leadership for the Spokane location in transportation, warehouse operations and customer service.
Matthew P. Ewers - Vice President Business Development
With over 20 years of domestic and international experience in Mechanical Engineering Design, Project Management, and Sales, Matt brings a wealth of experience and capability to IEDS. He launched his professional career as a Product Development Engineer for Carrier Transicold, a division of Carrier Corporation, where he designed equipment and components for the transport refrigeration industry for global markets. Matt led the project design team for the first European trailer unit by working closely with the Design Support Team located in Ruan, France. Prior to leaving CTD, he was assigned responsibility for Carrier Service Centers in North, Central and South America with a collective sales budget of almost $20 million.
Prior to joining IEDS, Matt was a Regional Manager for Dole Food Company located in the Mayan Division in Central America. In this position, he had responsibility for the facilities, equipment and logistics operations at four shipping ports. He also designed and managed three large construction projects at shipping ports in Honduras and Guatemala.
Since joining the IEDS team in 2002, Matt has utilized his international experience to facilitate business growth for IEDS. He has been instrumental in establishing a Foreign Trade Zone and U.S. Customs Container Freight Station at IEDS for the Spokane, WA and Coeur d’Alene, ID region. He also joined several organizations to promote transportation infrastructure and legislative issues essential for economic growth in Spokane.
Matt holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, a Masters of Business Administration from Brenau University, and a MBA in Finance from Gonzaga University.
