Viehweg's extensive career includes service in the United States Army as a helicopter pilot and Company Commander, as well as postions at Johnson and Johnson, National Office Supply (now Staples), and S.P. Richards Company. In his most recent position at S.P. Richards, Viehweg served as Senior VP of Logistics, where he was responsible for a logistics network that included 39 distribution centers throughout North America. In this role, he was responsible for centralizing the inventory management including design, implementation and training of the appropriate software and staffing, process improvements within the distribution centers, generating transportation savings, negotiating national supplies contracts, managing the real estate portfolio, selecting an ERP system, and overseeing the Information Services department.

Veihweg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Maine and has lived in Atlanta, Georgia since 1995.