Willie Everett:  

Life I was born in Pine Bluff and attended Dollarway High School. I finished High School near the top my class and attended Arkansas AM&N (now UAPB) on both choir and acadenic scholarships. I earned my degree in accounting in 1978 and was recruited to work for IBM in San Jose California. After working for IBM San Jose for 2 1/2 years in various finance and accounting positions, I then accepted an opportunity to transfer to IBM in Austin, Texas. It was here I accepted my first management position and have been in managerial positions of increasingly higher responsibility since then. I earned a Master's degree in Management (HRM) in 1988 from Houston Baptist University. I left IBM in 1995 to accept a career opportunity at Apple Computer Inc, Austin Texas, where I initially managed three accounting departments plus the Financial Planning and Analysis function within the Controller's dept. My final position at Apple was Sr. Regional Manager, responsible for the Americas Region ( U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South/Central America). After 17 years with IBM and 20 with Apple, I retired in Feb 2015. I am happilly married to a wonderful woman, Diana, and we have three children who are all grown, employed and living on their own (Thank God!), one grandchild, and one grandchild on the way. My outside interests include a position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Amplify Federal Credit Union (> 1 Billion $ in assets), UAPB Alumni Assoc., Alpha Phi Alpha, and various activities within Wesley United Methodist Church. The single and most consistent influence within my life has been my belief in Jesus Christ. It has been this belief that has guided all of my decisions and actions through the years. I truly believe that what ever decisions or actions have resulted in this small measure of success I have been afforded were not due to my own wisdom and efforts, but through the Lord guiding me. I firmly believe in Proverbs 3:5-6, "Trust in the Lord with all your hear and lean not ...Expand for more