President and CEO Michael Lukes brings more than 30 years of business and management service to TSS. He has been an owner and upper-level manager of several successful small businesses over the past three decades, and now his business experience is focused on building upon TSS’ reputation for customer service and excellent work across the Pacific Northwest.
Before acquiring TSS in 2003, Michael served as the president and CEO of Velocitus, Inc. (a subsidiary of IDACORP, NYSE: IDA), an Idaho-based corporation with diversified business interests in the communications and internet access industries. He was instrumental in IDACORP’s purchase of Velocitus, which he had founded in 1992, in 2000. Prior to founding Velocitus, Michael owned and operated several successful telecommunications companies: Advanced Communications Corp. and National Technical Associates, both based in Boise.
As president and CEO of TSS, Michael oversees the company’s full-service facilities operations and maintenance contracts, including government contracts, in four states. TSS also provides comprehensive commercial HVAC services in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon