James P. Ewers - President and CEO

Jim has a long and successful history in the logistics industry. In Seattle, where he worked for one of the largest logistics companies in the U.S., he became the Sales Manager and Operations Manager for Trammell Crow Distribution Corporation (TCDC). After four successful years, he was promoted and moved to Los Angeles as the Marketing & Sales Manager West Coast. After Exel Logistics, a British owned consortium and large European third party logistics company, acquired TCDC, Jim was assigned to manage the transportation services for the Southern California business groups. This transportation unit serviced 1.4 million square feet of distribution center space in three Southern California cities, and was soon recognized as one of the fastest growing business units in all Exel Logistics' U.S. operations. In 1995, Jim was recruited by IEDS to return to Spokane where he has demonstrated his commitment to providing excellence in customer service to IEDS customers, associates, and business partners. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from Washington State University.

Daniel C. Ewers - Vice President, Transportation

Dan began his career with IEDS in 1991. Since being promoted to Transportation Manager in 1998, Dan and his department have been responsible for developing the Fleet Services and Freight Management Services IEDS now provides to its customers. Dan has grown IEDS Transportation to become second to none in customer service excellence, and has lead the entire organization, at times, in excelling in meeting customer expectations. Dan holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in both Operations Management and Business Administration from Eastern Washington University.

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, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from Brenau University.  He is currently enrolled in the Gonzaga University MBA program to refresh his knowledge in Marketing, Finance, Information Systems and Business Development.

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