ENGINE PRODUCT LINE
58% → 90%Product-line efficiency
Improved flow, line balance, material delivery, standardized work, and labor and equipment utilization.
About The Saloom Group
Operating experience.
Built into practical support.
We help businesses turn strategy into execution. Our approach combines hands-on executive leadership with investment in people and processes, shaped by experience in automotive, industrial, and marine manufacturing.
Discuss your businessMeet the founder
An operator's perspective.
An executive's accountability.
Matt Saloom has built his career from frontline manufacturing leadership to President and Chief Operating Officer. His foundation includes more than a decade in automotive and heavy-duty powertrain manufacturing at Volvo Group Trucks North America, followed by senior leadership at Hatteras Yachts, Malibu Boats, Maverick Boat Group, and MJM Yachts.
He brings practical experience in P&L leadership, acquisition integration, manufacturing transformation, plant expansion, new product launches, and operational recovery. His work has included leading organizations of up to approximately 1,950 employees and improving performance across complex, asset-intensive operations.
Matt progressed from Volvo Production System Coach and WCM Quality Pillar Owner to leading the development and deployment of the overall site World Class Manufacturing system, helping the operation achieve Gold status. He later applied production-system principles to greenfield startups, new assembly lines, facility consolidation, and enterprise operating systems. The Saloom Group brings that experience to businesses across industries, helping leaders build both an execution plan and the internal capability to sustain it.
As a change agent, Matt helps leaders translate business priorities into new ways of working. His approach puts investment in people and processes at the center of transformation: developing leaders, coaching frontline teams, strengthening standard work, and building accountability. The goal is an organization that can own the change and sustain improvement.
Matt is also Co-Founder of Get Certified for Operational Excellence, an executive education and business-transformation organization. He helped develop its Operational Excellence certification program and an operating framework connecting leadership, strategy, KPIs, and execution, while coaching executive teams in Lean and sustainable transformation. That experience strengthens his ability to help businesses develop the leaders and internal capability needed for their own production-system journey.
Executive education & operating disciplines
Notre Dame Mendoza Executive Education · Master Lean / Toyota Production System training at Gifu University / JMAC, Japan · Villanova Lean / Six Sigma · Volvo Production System & World Class Manufacturing
Notre Dame Mendoza Executive Education · Master Lean / Toyota Production System training at Gifu University / JMAC, Japan · Villanova Lean / Six Sigma · Volvo Production System & World Class Manufacturing
Volvo Group Trucks North America · 2005–2016
Built on automotive
manufacturing discipline.
Matt's foundation was built with the Volvo Group in Hagerstown, Maryland. His progression from first-line supervisor to quality leadership, production-system deployment, and Director of Manufacturing Operations connects shop-floor experience with enterprise transformation.
HEAVY-DUTY POWERTRAIN
180 → 300Engines per day
Increased output while strengthening safety, quality, delivery, cost, and built-in quality.
PRODUCTION-SYSTEM JOURNEY
WCM GoldWorld Class Manufacturing
Led the operation to Gold status through Volvo Production System / WCM deployment under the guidance of Professor Hajime Yamashina.
Transformation at industrial scale
Led a $20M engine and transmission assembly-line transformation and an organization of approximately 1,950 employees. Integrated manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality, maintenance, and finance, with operator training, launch readiness, and two UAW labor-management agreements.
A system that develops people
Progressed from WCM Quality Pillar Owner and Volvo Production System Coach to overall site responsibility for developing, deploying, and sustaining the World Class Manufacturing system. Developed managers, engineers, supervisors, and frontline teams in Kaizen, visual management, standard work, and defect prevention. Maintained ISO 9001 / 14001 systems and led energy initiatives delivering more than $1M in annual savings.
Selected achievements from Matt's Volvo leadership roles.
A record of execution
Experience measured
in business outcomes.
Matt's career combines automotive and heavy-duty powertrain manufacturing at Volvo with President and COO leadership in marine manufacturing. The common thread is disciplined execution across profitability, people, quality, and production.
MAVERICK BOAT GROUP · PRESIDENT
$7.6M → $27.4MEBITDA growth
Led an operation achieving $209.6 million in net sales with a workforce of approximately 650.
MAVERICK BOAT GROUP · PRESIDENT
1,006 → 1,880Annual production
Scaled annual boat output while achieving approximately 98% on-time delivery and launching nine new models.
VOLVO GROUP · OPERATIONS
$20MEngine line transformation
Led a brownfield transformation of engine and transmission assembly lines in heavy-duty automotive powertrain manufacturing.
Capacity built for growth
At Maverick Boat Group, a 120,000-square-foot expansion consolidated two plants, expanded production lines from three to six, and supported centralized just-in-time warehousing.
Production systems launched
At Malibu Boats, increased Cobalt's production output and expanded manufacturing capacity through the design and launch of a new outboard assembly line. At Hatteras, strengthened manufacturing performance through Lean improvements and reduced warranty costs by 25% within six months.
Selected results from Matt Saloom's prior executive roles; these are historical career achievements, not client results of The Saloom Group or guarantees of future performance.