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Mike Erickson is a graduate of the Portland State University School of Business. While at PSU he served as the student body president and was a member of the football team that played for the National championship. After graduating, he started his transportation career at Airborne Express where he was one of the top district sales managers.
In 1992 Mike founded AFMS with the idea "Knowledge is Power." Since then AFMS has become one of the fastest growing private companies in America as listed by Inc. Magazine in 2004 and 2005. AFMS has also become one of the most admired and well respected contract negotiation firms in the transportation industry.
Mike is one of the industry's most sought after speakers. He presents at approximately 20 trade shows a year and has received the top speaker award at many of them. Some of the conferences Mike has recently presented at include; CSCMP, MAILCOM, NCOF, Parcel Shipping & Distribution, AIMED, WERC, D/C Expo, and many others. In addition, Mike is a frequent guest lecturer at the University of Oregon and Portland State University's School of Business.
In addition to speaking, Mike has authored over 30 articles for many of the industry's top magazines and periodicals. Mike and his colleagues are often quoted and interviewed in publications and in the media such as NBC News with Tom Brokaw, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Inc. Magazine, Traffic World, American Shipper Magazine, MAIL Magazine, Journal of Commerce and many others.
On a daily basis Mike oversees the contract negotiation process for many of his firm's larger clients, saving them millions in transportation costs. Many of AFMS' clients are Fortune 1000 companies. | 