Leadership

Anne Matot joined the company in 1988, founded by her great-grandfather more than 130 years ago. In her role, Anne is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s operations including strategic management, financial reporting, establishing department-wide budgetary responsibilities, and defining strategic sales efforts.

Anne has contributed her talents to a wide variety of past positions including vice president of finance where she traveled extensively to increase company sales and managed company wide financial matters. Additional experience includes serving as director of human resources which included implementation of a moving plan into the company’s custom-built facility and the initiation of the company safety program.

Anne received a Bachelor Degree from the University of Denver.

Cece Matot joined the company in 1986, founded by her great-grandfather more than 130 years ago. In her role, Cece is responsible for overall profit and growth of the company. She is the lead team member for mergers and acquisitions, and was responsible for the asset purchase of Matot’s main competitor.

Cece also oversees all aspects of Matot’s strategic marketing initiatives including advertising, and marketing, public relations, trades shows and promotions. In addition, she develops new distributorships comprised of both start-up businesses and established elevator companies. During her tenure, Cece has served as a production scheduler, plant manager, purchasing and inventory control manager, information systems director and vice president of marketing. Prior to joining Matot, Cece was a petroleum geologist focusing on U.S. oil and gas exploration.

Cece is a Board Member of the National Association of Elevator Contractors.   She is also a member of the Chicago Elevator Association.

Cece has an MBA in marketing from Loyola University, Chicago, and earned a Bachelor Degree  from Colorado College. 

Jim joined Matot in 2014  and is responsible for maximizing the organization’s operating performance while achieving its financial goals. Jim has responsibility for the engineering, manufacturing and sales divisions within Matot. In addition, Jim is a member of the executive management team and is leading the long term strategic planning exercises that will guarantee growth and success for the next generation of family owners.

Prior to joining Matot, Jim worked in a variety of capacities at several global manufacturing companies in design, engineering, R&D, technical sales, engineering management and executive management roles. He has worked for both U.S. and European based companies in domestic and overseas locations.

Jim earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Additionally, he completed advanced studies in Electrical Engineering at Lancaster University in the UK. 

Scott joined Matot in 1991 and is a member of the management team.  He is primarily responsible for running the Sales Department.  He  was responsible for automating the sales systems and processes to better manage and monitor quotations, orders and overall tracking of customer activity.

Scott began his Matot career as sales manager followed by engineering manager. Prior to joining Matot, Scott was an application sales engineer in the accessibility lift industry.

Scott received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Cardinal Stritch College and an Associate’s degree in mechanical design from Waukesha Area Technical College. He is a member of the Residential Elevator committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A.17 Code for Elevators. 

Theresa is a member of the Matot executive management team and is responsible for every aspect of finance, accounting, purchasing and inventory management. In addition, she was responsible for transitioning the company’s comprehensive software system and oversaw a system upgrade to better manage and monitor Matot’s sales volume.

Prior to joining Matot, Theresa served as controller of Vertiflex Company where she strengthened the company’s different divisions regarding proper cash flow and to allow for additional planning capabilities. She also instituted a program for cross-training office personnel and implemented policies and procedures for employee reviews and performance appraisals.

As a certified public accountant, Theresa has also held previous financial positions, including controller at Matot for seven years; manager at Popowcer & Company, Ltd; and audit and accounting manager at Laventhol & Horwath.

Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Milliken University and is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society (ILCPA). 

Samantha “Sammy” Kolker, is the fifth generation of the Matot family to work in the business.  She joined the company in 2020 and is responsible for all aspects of inside sales for dumbwaiters, material lifts, cart lifts, tote lifts, and all related products manufactured by the company.  Samantha is also a member of the marketing team at the company specializing in social media.

Prior to working at Matot, Inc., Sammy held positions at Insight Global and Grubhub.  She received a Bachelors degree in Enterprise Leadership & Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Iowa.