Management Team
Michael W. Golway, P.E.
President & CEO
Overview
President and Chief Executive Officer with an entrepreneurial
PASSION for building TECHNOLOGY companies and growing market share through
INNOVATION. Over a decade of experience leading multi-disciplined engineering
consulting and technology firms consisting of industrial engineers, mechanical
engineers, architects, civil engineers, software engineers, scientists
and business consultants serving customers throughout the United States
in the manufacturing, distribution, retail, government and service industry
sectors. Golway has successfully demonstrated the ability to articulate
and execute the required business strategies to achieve both revenue
and profit growth goals. Additional strengths and passions include:
- High Standards of Ethics & Integrity
- Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Growing Long Term Customer Relationships
- Strong Cash Management Skills
- Results-driven Management Approach
- Leadership by Example
- Forming & Leveraging Strategic Alliances
- New Business Development & Growth
- Highly focused Executive Change Agent
- Evaluating & Addressing Financial Exposure
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Professional Background
In high school, Golway, along with two classmates, began his
entrepreneurial career with a pizza business. In 1987, he sold
the business, at a loss, and received his first painful lesson in business
ownership.
To help pay for college, and cover the losses of the pizza business, he
obtained an entry level engineering job, as a board draftsman, for Initial
USA in the fall of that same year. He maintained a full time work schedule
at Initial USA, while completing his bachelor's degree at the University
of Louisville. He was recognized for his performance and leadership skills
with election to the engineering honor societies of Alpha Pi Mu and Tau
Beta Pi. He was awarded the Institute of Industrial Engineers Activity
Award, for leading the University's chapter, as Chapter President, to a
top 3 national ranking.
In 1992 Golway graduated, with honors, from the University of Louisville,
with a Bachelors of Science in Engineering Science. That same year he entered
the Masters program at the JB Speed School of Engineering. He left Initial
USA, as a Plant Engineer, and returned to his entrepreneurial roots to
form an engineering services company with Dr. William Biles, a professor
at the JB Speed School of Engineering. Golway served as a co-owner and
Vice President of the newly formed Biles & Associates.
In 1993, Golway completed his thesis work, a project called AutoCRAFT,
which was a BASIC and AutoLISP software program that merged the digital
visual power of AutoCAD with CRAFT, a facility layout optimization tool
developed in the 1960's. He was awarded a University of Louisville Research
Achievement Award for the project. He subsequently graduated with honors
and received his Master of Engineering with specialization in industrial
engineering.
Golway continued with Biles & Associates until 1994, when he was recruited
by SSOE, a nationally recognized leader in the architectural and engineering
consulting services industry. He accepted a position as a Senior Industrial
Engineering at SSOE's corporate headquarters, in Toledo, Ohio. Golway specialized
in helping a variety of clients solve business problems through the use
of computer simulation modeling. During his time with SSOE, he was featured
in a commercial created for the simulation tool, AutoMOD.
In 1995, Golway received an opportunity to move his family back to Kentucky
as a Senior Industrial Engineer with Dow Corning Corporation. He spent
the next 2 years helping the company improve manufacturing, distribution
and logistics for North American operations. His efforts focused on streamlining
business processes associated with Dow Corning's end-to-end supply chain.
In 1997, Golway was recruited and hired by ASAP Automation as a Sales
Engineer. In this role, he had the ability to work with clients to design
and implement highly automated material handling equipment and software
systems. During the next three years Golway sharpened his consultative
sales approach and realized extraordinary success by designing and selling
automated turnkey solutions to customers that ranged from $3 million to
over $7 million investments.
In 1999, Golway received the Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the
JB Speed School of Engineering.
In 2000, he accomplished his long standing goal of passing and receiving
his Professional Engineering License. Later that year he also realized,
again, his true passion of technology entrepreneurship when he acquired
Integrated Distribution Solutions, Inc., a Charlotte, NC based company.
During the next four years Golway worked to build an industrial engineering
and software engineering business model that specialized in outsourced
engineering services as well as developing niche commercial software products.
In 2004, Golway was awarded the Louisville, KY area Business First's,
Forty under 40 Award, which recognizes outstanding young professionals.
In October 2004, Golway completed the acquisition of Advanced Solutions,
Inc.
Golway has served on the University of Louisville Speed Alumni Council
since 2002 and the Autodesk Strategic Alliance Council since 2005. He serves
on the Idea Festival Planning Committee, University of Louisville Industrial
Advisory Board and is a member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
Golway and his wife of 15 years, Renee, have three children. Golway is
an avid University of Louisville and Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
