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Collins

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Andrews

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collins.andrews3@gmail.com

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Collins Andrews began his 40 year career as an engineer and evolved through technical, management and executive roles to become a significant contributor to some of the country’s fastest-growing companies. Along the way he created a start-up manufacturing business, had a long career with a successful information technology company and provided significant support for the careers of hundreds of professionals.

In his 21 year career with Systematics and Alltel Information Services he advanced from a programmer trainee to the President of the 3000 employee Financial Services Division. He served as an executive for Acxiom Corporation and the ESI Group, both rapidly growing technology oriented companies. He also started a small manufacturing business and has had considerable success as an independent consultant.

He is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University. He earned a master’s degree in industrial administration from Purdue University and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt.

Encouraged by business friends, he authored his first book, Listen to Your Work: Job-Active Advice From a Battle-Scarred Mentor which was published in April, 2009 by Parkhurst Brothers, Inc. from Little Rock, Arkansas. http://pbros.net/listen.htm Listen to Your Work is a mentoring book, targeted to young professionals, students, and people going through job changes of any kind.

Always mindful of the value of education in business, he has been a state pioneer in a number of efforts to link academia with the business community. He was a founding member of both the Knowledge Based Companies of Arkansas and the Arkansas Society for Computer and Information Technology. He served for 10 years on the curriculum advisory board of the Computer Information Systems Department of the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He is an active, 30 year member of the Arkansas Executive Forum and serves as its Associate Director. He is a 2008 inductee of the Arkansas Academy of Computing and is a former President. He has been a guest lecturer in numerous training activities for both corporate and university groups.

His current role is as the Executive-in-Residence and Board member at the Venture Center in Little Rock, among other things supporting the annual FIS Fintech Accelerator. In addition, along with his sons he is a Principal in Andrews Autosport, fielding a two-car dirt track racing team out of Batesville, AR.

A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Mr. Andrews lives in Little Rock. He is married to Jeannie Ford. He has three sons, Collins, Spencer and Daniel, all graduates of the University of Arkansas.

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