Mr. Steve M Anderson This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Advisory Board - MMEC

   www.mtmanufacturingcenter.com/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/5/2007   Last Visited: 11/5/2007

   Steve Anderson Dec 2007 Owner Artisans Doors of Montana 2741 Highway 93 South Kalispell, MT 59901 406-756-9737 sanderson@artisansdoors.com

2. 2. Stephen M Anderson

   www.umtentertainment.org/bios/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 4/1/2006   Last Visited: 1/6/2007

   Steve Anderson, Chairman, CEO Artisans Doors of Montana
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   An international business leader and well-known consumer products executive with over twenty years of global experience, Mr. Anderson has a successful track record in key executive roles for Fortune 500 companies, including $7 billion Bass and $2 billion Bausch & Lomb. He has orchestrated numerous high-growth business expansions for key divisions in four continents, including the US, Asia, Europe, and South America.
   
   Mr. Anderson has been responsible for the development and roll out of growth strategies on a local, regional, and global basis for leading consumer and medical products such as Bass Ale, Ray Ban, and Renu. Throughout his career, he has achieved rapid international expansion by orchestrating the acquisition of many new businesses and divisions. He has also built new manufacturing and distribution operations in developing countries around the world.
   
   Widely known for his expertise on global business development and operations, Mr. Anderson possesses a keen understanding of issues relating to entry to market, the critical difference between success and failure in this arena. He has been a featured speaker and lecturer for industry groups, governments, universities and professional organizations. He has also served as a member of numerous boards. Significantly, he was the Chairman and key member of the investment committee for strategic development of one of the first holding companies in China.
   
   Most recently, Mr. Anderson made a significant lifestyle change and reversed his home base back to the USA at the end of 2000 for a planned period of 4 to 5 years. During this period he and his wife were lucky enough to have a child, establish their new residence in Montana and invest in a number of small unique businesses. Over this period, he has built up a successful high-end custom door business, Artisans Doors of Montana that is experiencing 50% or greater annual growth and starting to expand on a national and selected international basis. He also sits on a number of boards for some unique small to medium high growth firms in the Northwest.

3. 3. The Daily Internet: The Daily Inter Lake Newspaper, Kalispell, Montana

   www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEng - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/28/2003   Last Visited: 10/6/2003

   To Stephen Anderson, a door should be a piece of art.
   
   Anderson, owner of Artisans Doors of Montana, has begun a program that enlists 10 artists from around Montana to help create custom, one-of-a-kind pieces of art - or doors.
   
   "A door is not just a door anymore," says Anderson.
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   "People get very excited, but also very anxious," Anderson said, "because this is often the first piece of artwork they've commissioned."
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   When Anderson first bought Artisans about 18 months ago, he thought the best way to get to the top was to invest in the latest, greatest equipment.
   
   That's since changed. He's come to the conclusion that most any business can buy equipment and make a good product.
   
   He realized that his best assets are his people.
   
   "I stepped back and decided to focus on building talents of our crafts people," he said.
   
   Building a business that can reliably serve its customers around the world means creating a work force that is readily available. That's why Anderson has initiated an apprentice program.
   
   Artisans recently received a loan from the Montana Department of Commerce to help develop a work-force training program. Starting next month, apprentices will begin learning how to create a door, from design consultation to the finished product.
   
   "We'll invest in them over time to become full-fledged craftsmen," Anderson said. "We're helping people build talents that they can take with them. (Businesses) haven't done a lot of that in this part of the United States."
   
   He said he thinks other local businesses should do the same.
   
   "We need to create a skill set and talent to build a product or service that is sold outside of our little market," Anderson said.
   
   That's not just part of doing business. For Anderson, the apprentice program is part of giving back to the community. He has a saying that he likes to grow his business three people at at time. Since buying the business in 2002, he has more than doubled its work force, to 24 people.
   
   Anderson is building Artisans on an import and export model. He's bringing in exotic woods from China - such as magnolia, redwood, fir and oak. All of which have been grown or harvested in environmentally friendly ways, he says. Artisans adds value to the wood by customizing the doors, and then exporting them around the world. Of course Anderson also uses native Montana woods, but the idea is still to add value and then sell them locally or outside the confining economic walls of the Flathead Valley.