STATE FOCUS | GEORGIA
Birmingham, Alabama. With that, Ace began a decade long transformation from a distributor to a direct service solutions company. Our relationships with customers in Georgia led to opportunities across the south and eventually across the country. Today, Ace stretches from coast to coast and serves many thousands of customers.
Left: Cheryl Rossborough, CFO Middle: Daniel Arwood, COO Right: Josh Arwood, CEO
The biggest change in the past 30 years is how information has transformed businesses. After buying Gaffey Cranes in 2012, I spent a lot of time in Texas as we integrated that business into Ace. On a family trip to the NASA museum just south of Houston, we took a tour of the historic mission control facility. The guide said something that was shocking to me. They had only one computer for the entire mission control station. As he explained the specifications of that computer, I realized the iPhone I held in my hand was more powerful than the computer they used to reach the moon. Ace was fortunate to have a leader who saw the information age coming while it was still way off in the distance. Bud dove headfirst into putting Ace’s knowledge first on paper, then online. Fortunately, Georgia was developing a software and technology infrastructure that would facilitate the next phase of growth for Ace. With Georgia Tech and many other technology schools in Atlanta, we had a pool of talented engineers and software professionals to support our team. Technology became the vehicle to connect our people. Our first ERP solution was developed by a company just down the road from our Norcross office. We worked with a small development shop in Atlanta to create our
Digital innovation is a cornerstone of the company's success
first inspection software. Then, we were able to pioneer a picture based mobile inspection software platform that provided transparency to companies regarding the health and well-being of their material handling equipment. All of that required a state and a city that
were committed to embracing new ideas. From the earliest days when a group of people voted to take a chance on a railroad to connect their people, Georgia has been a home to businesses that endeavor to meet the challenges each day brings. Ace is proud to call Georgia our home.’
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