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Employee Owned
Mission Driven

About Us

SCIPI, St. Cloud Industrial Products, Inc., is proud to be a people-first organization dedicated to the success of our company and its divisions by empowering each individual person who makes up our compassionate team. Established by two childhood friends, Ken Gross and Earl Buttweiler, who had a dream to create something great together. Each contributing $500 in 1959, the pair of local professionals have grown their humble vision of putting people first into an international company employing nearly 200 team members in North America. Key to our success has been our adaptation of a strong employee-ownership mentality. 100% employee-owned since 2014, SCIPI’s hardworking divisions include North Central Bus & Equipment, Inc., Sunburst Memorials, and Parts Midwest, Inc. Together, with an exceptional culture and matching values, we continue to move our exceptional people and our mission-focused company forward.

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Our Leadership

Gaffy, Matt

Matt Gaffy

  • Title: President & CEO
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 1993
  • Main responsibilities: Helping people find the tools they need to be successful, then getting out of the way!
  • Best part of your job: Engaging with our amazing people to align our people-first culture toward a common vision that makes a difference in the lives of our teams and their families, our customers, vendors, and the communities we live in and serve
  • Team you work with mainly: The SCIPI executive team
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: My first day, we had a forklift that would stick in reverse. I was unaware of this and accidentally backed it into a brand-new delivery vehicle in front of the leaders of SCIPI! I learned two things that day- how to get that forklift out of reverse and how it’s OK to make mistakes at SCIPI- and that I would be supported through them. I’ve never seconded my decision to stay here- it’s been a wonderful place.
  • Favorite quote: I love Mondays!
Behrens, Jeff

Jeff Behrens

  • Title: Chief Financial Officer
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2017
  • Main responsibilities: Financial stability of SCIPI and long-term sustainability of the ESOP
  • Best part of your job: Knowing what I do every day helps preserve and enhance the wealth of all our team member-owners.
  • Team you work with mainly: Accounting Team (A-Team) and HR Team
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: Fun Events and Cooler Socials
  • Favorite quote: “3/4 of your effectiveness as a leader comes from who you are, not what you do.” -Tim Spike
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Jen Sell-Matzke

  • Title: Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2023
  • Main responsibilities: Culture Driver, HR Strategic Alignment, Organizational Development, Succession Planning
  • Best part of your job: Supporting and assisting SCIPI team members
  • Team you work with mainly: HR Team, SCIPI Leadership Team, Accounting, IT
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: When we were named a Top 200 company by the Star Tribune for the first time.
  • Favorite quote: “Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire.” -St. Catherine of Sienna 
Kleinfelter, Jason

Jason Klinefelter

  • Title: Chief Operating Officer
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2021
  • Main responsibilities: 1. Operational Excellence 2. Resource Management 3. StrategicAlignment 4. Risk Mitigation
  • Best part of your job: Hands down, the People at SCIPI
  • Team you work with mainly: SCIPI and Divisional Leadership
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: I love celebrating the holidays with our work family.
  • Favorite quote: “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change!” -Albert Einstein
Paul Gaurke, Gm For North Central

Paul Gauerke

  • Title: General Manager – North Central Group
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2016
  • Main responsibilities: Oversee North Central Bus and North Central Upfit business units
  • Best part of your job: The great people I work with
  • Team you work with mainly: All North Central employees
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: How the North Central team navigated through all the challenges during and after the pandemic.
  • Favorite quote: Actions speak louder than words
Decarie, Robert

Robert Decarie

  • Title: General Manager – Parts Midwest Incorporated
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2015
  • Main responsibilities: Managing Sales and Operations for Parts Midwest and Vehicle Personalization of Canada
  • Best part of your job: Working alongside people with a passion for what they do
  • Team you work with mainly: Sales and Operations for Parts Midwest and Vehicle
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: The Donut Investigation of 2020
  • Favorite quote: Everything has a way of working itself out
Jill Kampa

Jill Kampa

  • Title: General Manager – Monumental Sales Incorporated
  • Year You Started with SCIPI: 2024
  • Main responsibilities: Lead an amazing group of individuals who sell, design, and produce custom memorials.
  • Best part of your job: The people who make up our “secret sauce” and culture!
  • Team you work with mainly: The management group at MSI, but the whole MSI team.
  • Best memory of working at SCIPI: My first customer meeting at Michelich. Learning the story of the customer designing the stone and what was important to them was special. Then, seeing the memorial all the way through the process until it finally was placed in the cemetery really highlighted the teamwork team internally to provide the best possible product and service to those we serve.
  • Favorite quote: “Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”–Winston Churchill

Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors

Bob Kovell – Chairman

John Babcock- Director

Clay Ostlund – Director

Joe Francis – Director

Matt Gaffy – Director

Jeff Behrens -Secretary

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