Matthew Arnold

Mr. Arnold has 20+ years experience in manufacturing operations, strategic sourcing, and supply chain improvement. Most recently he was a Vice President at i2 Technologies (supply chain software company) leading various Business Development, Sales, and Product Marketing efforts. Prior to that Mr. Arnold worked at GE Corporate managing cross-business global sourcing and supply chain management projects. Previously Mr. Arnold was a management consultant at AT Kearney leading strategic sourcing and operations improvement engagements. Mr. Arnold started his career at GE in various manufacturing leadership roles including Machine Shop Foreman, Production Control Supervisor, Manufacturing Engineer and Quality Manager. Mr. Arnold has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Union College and an MBA from Harvard.

Michael Charron

Mr. Charron has 20+ year of sourcing, engineering and manufacturing and program management experience. He comes to Unimacts from Textron, where he led several business initiatives in Supply Management and Six Sigma at Cessna Aircraft Company and Textron Corporate. Previously, Mr. Charron was with General Electric at the Rail Transportation Systems division where he led several sourcing projects in Central Europe, India, Indonesia and China as well as programs to manufacture and deliver locomotives to Brazil and Egypt. Before joining GE, Mr. Charron was in the U.S. Air Force, as a Systems Program Office Project Officer, and he began his career as a circuit assembler and electronics technician for Digitronics, a small, private OEM of industrial control equipment. Mr. Charron received his BS in Engineering and his MBA from Clarkson University and holds a Professional Engineering License in the State of California. He is also an ISM Certified Purchasing Manager, and a Certified Black belt with both Textron and GE.