Ken Erikson

Ken Eriksen, Managing Member and Strategic Adviser, Polaris Analytics and Consulting

Ken Eriksen, managing member, strategic advisor and founder of Polaris Analytics and Consulting, directs efforts in client advisory and development, data products, risk management, consulting and events. Eriksen has had a distinguished career, formerly a strategic advisor in the Industry Executive Advisory group of the Fuels, Chemicals and Resource Solutions group, and the head of the S&P Global Commodity Insights Client Advisory and Development group and Agri Supply Chain, where he was a senior vice president. Since he joined the S&P Global in 2001 (through its successor companies including Spark Companies, Inc., Informa Economics and IHS Markit), Eriksen led the company’s Transportation, Industrials and Energy Services group and was a co-leader of the Agribusiness Consulting group. Eriksen regularly speaks on commodity markets and flows, supply chain, transportation and infrastructure issues and developments, and he is an expert witness in transportation, logistics and supply chain matters. Prior to joining S&P Global, Eriksen worked for USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service as an agricultural statistician. In that capacity, he conducted national surveys and set national estimates in agriculture. Also, while at the USDA, he worked for the Agricultural Marketing Service on its transportation and marketing program, conducting research and analysis on domestic and international transportation issues. He also worked as an international longshoreman for the Pacific Maritime Association in Tacoma, Washington. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agribusiness and agricultural economics from Washington State University. While working on his master’s degree there, Eriksen was a transportation economist for the Department of Agricultural Economics, performing economic transportation data analysis and modeling.