About Us
Statement of Purpose and Intent:
Building Solid Foundations exists to help businesses achieve stability, longevity, sustainability and superiority in their industry and community by providing programs and opportunities for education, encouragement, edification and empowering of business owners, CEOs and leaders.
Statement of Organizational Values and Outcomes:
Building Solid Foundations fulfills this purpose and intent by:
- Providing opportunities for business leaders to establish long-term, confidential and trustworthy affiliations with other like-minded business leaders wherein creativity can be released through mutually beneficial collaboration, cooperation and accountability.
- Encouraging resourcefulness and innovation in business practices while maintaining a solid structure and organization within the business, grounded in the highest ethical standards.
- Helping business leaders to accurately and candidly evaluate and analyze their business in order to determine their core capabilities, maximize their opportunities, and minimize limitations.
- Educating business leaders through formal, informal and collaborative initiatives and resources in best practices, processes and procedures to help maximize productivity, profits and perception.
- Energizing businesses by imbuing in their leaders a concerted effort to explore opportunities while maintaining focus on their stated purpose, values, strategic plan, target market and core competencies.
Steve Matley, Founder & CEO
Steve Matley has over 25 years of experience in leadership, management, business consulting and education. He has owned and managed multiple companies of his own, including Building Solid Foundations, LLC, a business management consulting and training firm where he currently serves as CEO, and DCM Group, Inc., a development, and construction management consulting firm. Previously, Steve held positions as a General Building Contractor, a Senior Project Manager for a top rated agency construction management firm and Vice-President of Land Acquisition and Forward Planning for a production homebuilder.
Recently, Steve led the creation and WASC accreditation process for the Associates of Science Degree program in Construction Management at San Joaquin Valley College where he has served as an instructor, Program Director and Student Dean. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the school of Engineering and Construction Management at California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside, California and works as a program consultant for other colleges.
Steve currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Building Industry Association of Southern California, Baldy View chapter and is President of the Inland Valley Business and Community Foundation (IVBCF), a 501c3 non-profit corporation dedicated to building the community by building local businesses. Active in Toastmasters for over eight years, Steve has enjoyed serving as a club officer, as well as competing in area, division and district speaking contests. Steve is a certified trainer for the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) / Homebuilder’s Institute University of Housing and a certified coach and coach trainer for the CBMC-LLI Leadership Coaching program.
Steve Matley earned his Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Chapman University, and his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of La Verne. Steve has been designated as an expert witness in real estate, development and construction related litigation cases and participates as a both facilitator and speaker for educational seminars and workshops in the industry. He is the event moderator for all BuildLeaders.org Strategic Business Summits and serves as Master of Ceremony for many charity and community events including fashion shows, awards celebrations and fund raisers.
What People Are Saying
I’d like to thank Steve Matley for the wonderful experience of participating in his mastermind. After being involved in various business activities for nearly fifty years, you have to work harder and harder every year searching for new nuggets keeping your opportunities fresh with new ideas.
When I graduated from college from an Ag Engineering school we didn’t even have a calculator on the entire campus. In today’s tech world I now visit with our grandchildren to be taught basics with them having bewildering looks; what is the matter with me? Steve has a rare gift of quickly developing the connections of today’s world, from the real world hustling on the street to being able to coordinate the rigors of regulatory demands. From governmental dictates, to dodging the legal hurdles, wearing all the hats necessary to achieve success Steve is able to bundle your thinking, focusing on how to deal with today’s challenges.
I can’t express my appreciation for the time I was able to spend learning from him. Thank you Steve.
As the President of IVBCF, Steve Matley has been instrumental in the growth of our organization. He has paved the way for other leaders within the organization to someday take their places of leadership, and help the organization to greatly expand and take things to even higher levels.
Due to his hard work and business accuman, IVBCF has been able to find its niche within the community and further help local businesses come together by networking with each other. Steve has helped these businesses not only enhance their companies, but also through Steve’s extensive knowledge of business building and organization, rules and statutes; he has empowered business owners to get themselves educated in the different aspects of their business that previously, they may not have otherwise sought out.
Steve truly is a pioneer in his field and has been a great asset not only to the IVBCF organization, but to his community, as well as numerous businesses throughout the County of Riverside, San Diego and beyond.”