Mr. Hawley began his venture capital career in 1974 as a general Partner of Foster management Company, where he managed both a venture capital and buyout fund. Prior to Foster Management, Mr. Hawley was Executive Vice president of Laidlaw-Coggeshall Inc.. where he was responsible for corporate finance and venture capital activities. Formerly, he was associated with Lazard Freres, Eaton & Howard, Inc., and Stein, Roe & Farnham. Mr. Hawley founded Saugatuck Associates in 1982.

Mr. Hawley is the Chairman of Waterloo, and serves as a Director of Floor & Decor, and The Tharpe Company.

He Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina with a B.S. degree in Physics and received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.