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IBM's Eveland Replaces Coley

Barry W. Eveland (left), general manager of manufacturing operations for IBM in Research Triangle Park, who is the company’s top executive in North Carolina, has agreed to serve as first vice chair of NCCBI, replacing William A. Coley, the Duke Power Co. group president who retired recently. Eveland was selected by the NCCBI Nominating Committee.

“NCCBI greatly benefited from Bill Coley’s contributions and his retirement deprives the association of his unique talents,” says NCCBI President Phil Kirk. “However, we are quite pleased that someone of Barry Eveland’s stature is stepping forward,” Kirk added.

Coley, a longtime member of the NCCBI Board of Directors, served as second vice chair of the association in 2001-02 and led the annual membership campaign. He announced his retirement in February. Under NCCBI bylaws, officers must be employed by their member company.

Eveland, who served on the NCCBI Executive Committee for the past three years, will work closely with new Chair Sue Cole of Greensboro, the U.S. Trust Co. of North Carolina president. He will be in line to chair NCCBI in 2004-05.

Coley “is one of those people you feel like you’ve known forever — even if you’ve just met him,” Cole says. “He’s a man of integrity and a sharp focus on what needs to be done. It’s NCCBI loss that we will not have him at the helm though we are most fortunate to have Barry step up to the plate.”

“I have a very high regard for Bill Coley,” says Jim Hyler, whose term as NCCBI chair ended at last month’s annual meeting. “ During this NCCBI year, Bill has been a huge supporter and partner with me as we’ve addressed business issues within NCCBI and also on the Efficiency Commission.”

Eveland has solidified IBM’s reputation in North Carolina for using technology to improve education. In 2001, for example, he championed IBM’s move to donate $6.3 million in hardware, software and research grant money to seven North Carolina universities. Despite the cooling economy, he said at the time, IBM wants to maintain strong relationships with universities. “Talent is still something that is extremely important to technology companies,” Eveland said.

Eveland, a native of Pennsylvania, attended Lehigh University. After graduating in 1966, he went to work for IBM and helped develop the System 360 language, which was the first large-scale solid logic technology that IBM developed. He relocated to North Carolina in 1970 and held several escalating positions. He presided over resource planning — both people and facilities — during a period of explosive growth for the RTP site. He also was instrumental in the planning for IBM’s Charlotte campus at University Research Park in 1978.

In 1982 Eveland took what he thought would be a two-year assignment back in New York working for John Akers (who would later become IBM’s chairman and CEO). Within a year he’d been promoted to an executive position in the logistics organization. In 1993 Eveland transferred back to RTP as vice president of logistics for IBM’s Personal Systems Group.

New Members: Companies that joined or rejoined NCCBI in January and February, along with the name of the key executive at each company include: Abbott Laboratories, Kaye Shipley, Raleigh; American Electric Lighting, Mark Spizzo, Waxhaw; Andrew & Kuske Consulting Engineers Inc., John Andrew, Wilmington; Architektur PA, Thomas Crowder, Raleigh; Arrow Equipment Co., Larry Still, Greensboro; ATCOM Business Telephone Systems, David Finch, RTP; Atlantech Distribution Inc., Ray Stewart, Charlotte; Banks Wood Waste Recycling, Raymond Banks, Marion; BIP Marketing Inc., Sandra Parrish-Woodlief, Raleigh; BSA LifeStructures, Davis Liles, Charlotte; Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce, Deborah Ashley, Lenoir; Cape Fear Bonded Warehouse, Will Stanfield III, Wilmington; Carolina Electrical Associates Inc., Charles Bledsoe, Winston-Salem; Carolina Skin Care & The Spa at Carolina Skin Care, Dr. David I. Klumpar, Pinehurst; Chicago Title Insurance Co., Denise Jenkins, Raleigh; Cleveland County Schools, Dr. Gene Moore, Shelby; Coastal Benefits Group, Phil Hux, Roanoke Rapids; Coldwell-Banker Willis-Smith Co., Stewart Smith, New Bern; College Foundation Inc., Mary Lane Smith, Raleigh; Confidential Records Management Inc., Gail Bisbee, New Bern; Davidson County Economic Development Commission, Steve Googe, Lexington; L.A. Downey & Son Inc., William A. Downey Jr., Durham; Duke University Administration, William Fulkerson, Durham; Duke University Health System Government Relations, Ann Lore, Fuquay-Varina; EMB Inc., Bill Fenimore, High Point; Emergys Corp., Jai Shankar, Chapel Hill; GEM Management Inc., R. Craig Gentry, Charlotte; Grubb Properties, Sal Cammarata, Cary; Grubb Ventures, Gordon Grubbs, Raleigh; Hale Building Co. LLC, Mark Tinsley, Wilmington; Hamilton Merritt Inc., Gregg Sandreuter, Cary; Holt Hosiery Mills Inc., Ralph M. Holt Jr., Burlington; Insignia MetaPartners, Guy Harvey, Cary; JCT LLC, Craig Richardson, Clinton; Kerr Drug Inc., Phyllis A. Patterson, Durham; The Kornegay Co. LLC, George Kornegay, Mount Olive; Laboratory Corp. of America, Brad Smith, Burlington; Lekson Associates Inc., Michael Jones, Raleigh; Mack Truck Sales of Charlotte, Mike McMahon, Charlotte; Market Force, Nancy Johnson, Raleigh; McColl Garella, Julie Garella, Charlotte; MR&D LLC, Dane Vertefay, Raleigh; National Finance Co. Inc., Bobby Ray Hall, Sanford; Office of Austin Allran, Austin Allran, Hickory; Office of Annabelle L. Fetterman, Annabelle Fetterman, Clinton; Office of Ralph Ketner, Ralph Ketner, Salisbury; Penry Riemann PLLC, Anthony Penry, Raleigh; Peter N. Glass & Associates, Peter Glass, Concord; Pfizer Inc., Myron Terry, Raleigh; Remote Light Inc., Dr. Isaac B. Horton III, Raleigh; Restoration Systems LLC, George Howard, Raleigh; Riddle Commercial Properties, Joseph P. Riddle III, Fayetteville; Sear-Brown Group, Joe Johnson, Hillsborough; Southeast Strategies Inc., Neal Rhoades, Kernersville; Storr Office Environments Inc., Tom VandeGuchte, Raleigh; Titan Atlantic Group, Grant Autry, Raleigh; Topsail Area Chamber of Commerce, Jeanette Masters, Surf City; Toter Inc., Larry Boppe, Statesville; Town of Granite Falls, Linda Story, Granite Falls; Transylvania Community Hospital, Robert Bednarek, Brevard; Tri-State Turf Inc., Clark Wooten, Newton Grove; Uwharrie Capital Corp., Roger Dick, Albemarle; Vannoy, Colvard, Triplett & Vannoy PLLC, H.C. Colvard Jr., North Wilkesboro; Washington-Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce, Lee Hemink, Washington; J.L. Watson & Associates, Lee Watson, Durham; and P.S. West Construction, Roy West, Statesville.

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