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Ronald Frank Way (b. January 31, 1943, Bremerton, Washington) is an architect licensed in the state of California and a past member of the American Institute of Architects. He is currently the founder and Managing Director of The Fionda Group of companies providing website designs, communications services, and electronic fund transfers around the world. Way is a two-time Inc 500 award winner for Tronsoft, Inc. and Fionda, LLC and an author of one real estate book and two religious books on the historical Jesus, the latest being The Disciple: The Writing of the First Gospel.

Life

Although born in Washington State, he has lived in California since he was 3 years old. Way attended the University of Southern California, School of Architecture where he won the prestigious Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall (DMJM) Mentorship Award, given to one of the top 3 architectural students at USC each year. This was a full scholarship and mentorship awarded by the third largest architectural/engineering firms in the US at the time, and included all expenses for the last 3 years at the university. He graduated in 1966. While in college, Way joined the Naval Reserve as a seaman. After graduating college, he entered the US Navy as an architect in the Civil Engineer Corps, serving 3 years active duty during the Viet Nam war. He completed the remaining 20 years of service in the Naval Reserves, being selected to the rank of Commander before retiring.

Career

After leaving active duty, Way spent 3 years working for DMJM as a project architect. Leaving the company, he formed his own architectural firm and over the next 10 years expanded his professional ventures as CEO of a real estate development company and affiliated construction firm. During his career he designed and constructed buildings throughout the United States. His clients have included: Lawrence Welk, the Beatrice Food Company, Northrop Aircraft, the Howard Hughes Corporation, many school districts and cities as well as a select list of private individuals.

Mr. Way sold his interest in the above companies in 1982 to take two years off to travel and research the 1st century Judeo-Christian period, which resulted in a book a year later. During this period Mr. Way also hosted a radio show called an Eye on Faith syndicated to thirty-six independent stations, as well as carried to hundreds of ABC affiliated stations all over the US and Canada. His radio show was acclaimed as the best of type in the US, and third best religious broadcast in the world at the New York Festival of Arts in 1993 during its first broadcast year. The show, sponsored by HarperCollins Publishing through HarperSanFrancisco (now HarperOne), specialized in interviewing biblical scholars, archeologists, religious leaders and authors from all over the world, representing most of the major religions in existence today. These re-mastered interviews can be heard via a link at.

While writing his first book Mr. Way wrote a piece of software to analyze the commercial viability of potential real estate investment projects. This software became licensed to the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and later became the centerpiece of a new software company that he founded called, Tronsoft, Inc. The Software Company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and Sandy, Utah eventually added a total of twelve software programs for not only real estate, but small business, venture capital and financing services. He sold his interest in this company in 1992 shortly after it was declared the 60th fastest growing, privately held company in the US by Inc. Magazine on their Inc 500 list.

Mr. Way took the next two years to investigate the rapidly expanding telecommunications industry, then formed the Fionda Group, LLC which provides telecommunication, wireless, internet and web services to over 100 direct selling and affinity based companies across the US and Canada. His clients have ranged from Chase Manhattan Bank, the University of California at Santa Barbara, PETA, the AIA, and direct selling companies such as: Herbalife, Nikken, Conklin, Cutco, Mannatech, Signature HomeStyles, and dozens more. The Fionda Group has been so successful that once again Way’s company was listed in Inc. Magazine’s, Inc. 500 list. He was honored in 2004 as one of only a handful of businesspeople that have twice made the list.

Way is also the founder and board member of the FallenWarriors.org foundation which aids the families of the country’s war dead through its website at www.fallenwarriors.org.

He is the author of The Disciple, The Writing of the First Gospel and it’s precursor, Ancient Memories. He has studied the historical Jesus and first century Christianity for the past 25 years. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Westar Institute, better known as the Jesus Seminar, which is made up of some 70 New Testament biblical scholars.

External Links

Way’s Author Websites •	Way’s author website: www.thedisciplesite.com •	Way’s Blog Site: www.thediscipleblog.wordpress.com Way’s Corporate Websites •	Fionda Group of Companies: www.fionda.com •	The WritersPortal: www.writersportal.org •	FallenWarriors Foundation: www.fallenwarriors.org •	Worldwide Debit Card services: www.ovationcash.com