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Dave Goerlich

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Co-Founder and CEO at The Refinery
📍 Rocky River, Ohio, United States

Dave Goerlich is the CEO and founder of The Refinery, a strategic advisory firm. He helps mid-market manufacturing leaders avoid costly technology mistakes by using his proprietary Language of Business Impact (LoBI) framework. A graduate of Grove City College, colleagues describe him as clever, a great developer, and an excellent business owner.

Dave is a strong advocate for entrepreneurship, especially for educating the next generation. He serves as a mentor and has spoken publicly about the importance of hands-on experience over theoretical business plans. He is also an advocate for programs like Goldman Sachs 10, 000 Small Businesses and is involved with the Entrepreneurs Organization.

His firm, The Refinery, has a publicly stated goal to prevent $1 billion in wasted technology investments for businesses by 2035.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Rocky River, Ohio, United States
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Entrepreneurship Education
Appeared on recent podcasts discussing the need to teach youth entrepreneurship through hands-on experience rather than just business plans.
Strategic Tech Decisions
His entire career is focused on advising manufacturing leaders on making smarter, safer technology decisions to avoid wasted time and budget.
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Career

Work history

12-2005
Co-Founder and CEO
The Refinery
6-2022
Mentor
Alloy Development Co. - Morning Mentoring
2-2010
Partner
Goerlich Solutions Group
11-2008 - 1-2014
Partner
University-HQ
2-2002 - 6-2006
Lead Architect / DBA
Ross Environmental Services
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Education
1990 - 1994
B.S.
Grove City College
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