Our team: Keith Matterson

Keith Matterson

Vice President lumberTrack

Keith Matterson is the Vice President for lumberTrack at Progressive Solutions. He has worked within the forest industry since 1983 and joined the company in 1995. Since then he has been involved in many aspects of the business including Application Development and Business Analysis, and also held positions as Project Manager and Director of Operations.

Keith was both proud and extremely honored when he was promoted to the position of Vice President in 2007.

With his extensive experience, knowledge of the industry and strong leadership style, Keith is ensuring the continued success and growth of lumberTrack. He believes that partnerships with customers are key, and that they are an essential and integral part of the lumberTrack product and services decision-making process. He also holds to the adage of, ‘without the best you cannot be the best’.

Under Keith’s guidance, the lumberTrack organization has developed into a team of responsible, knowledgeable and highly talented individuals whose mandate is to develop high quality, industry leading software complemented by customer service that is second to none.

Testimonials

  • "We know these are the kind of people we want to partner with long-term, with the vision and values that are critical to a mutually successful relationship."

    David Jones
    President of Brookside Lumber

  • "We were up 5 points of margin within ten months using bisTrack™ pricing management and margin review. The payback happened in just months."

    Brian King
    President of Construction Supply

  • "Since our conversion to bisTrack we have seen big pluses with purchasing and costing accuracy which have definitely contributed to the bottom line."

    Brad White
    President of White's Lumber

  • "We’ve fixed problems, eliminated data re-entry and repurposed valuable employees. bisTrack helped us be more productive with fewer people."

    Candy Loweke
    Process Analyst, Raymond Building Supply

  • "With bisTrack we have cut our costs while increasing the speed and quality of service to our customers."

    John Steinman
    VP of Purchasing and IT Services, Forge Lumber

  • "We used to go blind on what our costs were. Now we can audit every single job in millwork, see what our waste is and know what things are really costing us."

    Lan McIlvain
    Alan McIlvain Company

  • "We were looking for software we could grow with. lumberTrack and Great Plains are going to give us the ability to dig down and get the reporting data we need to make our decisions. They have streamlined our workflow and the general ledger."

    Sherry Sabbatini
    Deer Park Lumber

  • "I think highly of the people at Progressive Solutions. They have a professional approach, they understand the lumber business, and they meet their commitments."

    Joe Kusar
    Vice President & General Manager of Tolleson Lumber Co

  • "lumberTrack’s™ business logic is rock solid. It’s a very configurable system and Progressive Solutions, as a business partner has been awesome."

    Mike Beye
    Chief Value Officer of Vaagen Bros. Lumber Co