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Forty Under 40: Rick Rogers

Rick Rogers, 34, a department manager for Civil Environmental Industrial Engineering Associates Inc. of Bentonville, leads a team of nine engineers in catering directly to the development needs of the…

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Forty Under 40: Matt Romine

Matt Romine, 26, has already helped found two companies, the first, which sold computers, when he was 18. After a year and a half, however, Romine and his partner decided…

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Forty Under 40: Neil Shipley

Neil Shipley, 32, says he has had a “varied” career. Shipley grew up in Fayetteville. In 1989, he earned a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Tulane University in New…

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Forty Under 40: David Siemens

David Siemens, 37, oversees the finance, accounting and general office functions for Hudson & Associates Inc. As vice president of finance and controller, Siemens helps direct the company, which purchases…

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Forty Under 40: Tim Stanley

Although Tim Stanley, 35, studied journalism in college, he never planned to work in the field. Rather, he hoped to benefit from the writing skills he learned. “I thought if…

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Forty Under 40: Patrick Tenney

Patrick Tenney, 39, says being dispatched in August of 1997 by Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock to manage its Northwest Arkansas office in Springdale was the defining…

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Forty Under 40: Brian Vowels

Bryan Vowels, 29, recently completed his MBA at the University of Arkansas, but he believes his wife deserves congratulations for that achievement as much as he does. Certainly Vowels has…

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Forty Under 40: Jeremy Webb

It seems Jeremy Webb, 26, has always been interested in business ownership and computers. But it took his college studies – computer systems engineering – to lead him to his…

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Forty Under 40: Rolf Wilkin

Rolf Wilkin, 33, has been an entrepreneur since his senior year at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. That year, 1988, Wilkin visited his brother, who was a student at…

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Forty Under 40: Park Anders

After 10 years in BudgeText Corp.’s retail sales division, Park Anders was promoted two years ago to the family business’ corporate offices in Fayetteville. Now BudgeText’s vice president of operations,…

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Forty Under 40: Matt Bodishbaugh

A former lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, Matt Bodishbaugh, 33, has come full circle. The Fayetteville native says the reasons he left Northwest Arkansas after graduating from the University of…

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Forty Under 40: Nat Bothwell

He studied business and economics at Hendrix College in Conway, but that doesn’t mean Nat Bothwell, 28, had dreams of being a banker. Marketing was his intended profession. But Bothwell…

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Forty Under 40: J. Kevin Brown

J. Kevin Brown, 32, has trouble telling work from play. The vice president for information systems at StaffMark Inc. has been working with computer systems since his freshman year at…

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Forty Under 40: Greg Cherry

Greg Cherry, 33, joined Springdale Tractor Co. as a salesman in 1986 and has been there ever since. These days, Cherry, who graduated from Springdale High School in 1984, is…